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Cultivation of Peptidiphaga gingivicola from subgingival plaque: The first representative of a novel genus of Actinomycetaceae.
Molecular oral microbiology - 1 Feb 2018
Beall C J, Mokrzan E M, Griffen A L, Leys E J
Abstract excerpt
A novel bacterium was isolated from the subgingival plaque of a patient with periodontal disease. Bacterial strain BA112T is a facultative Gram-positive coccus. It metabolizes alanine, arginine, glycine, histidine, leucine, proline, serine and tyrosine, but does not appear to use carbohydrates. Urease, esculin, indole, catalase and nitrate reduction tests were all negative. Major cellular fatty acids were C18:0 ,...
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