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Multiple enzymes can make hydrogen sulfide from cysteine in Treponema denticola.
Anaerobe - 1 Aug 2020
Phillips Linda, Chu Lianrui, Kolodrubetz David
Abstract excerpt
Treponema denticola is a spirochete that is involved in causing periodontal diseases. This bacterium can produce H2S from thiol compounds found in the gingival crevicular fluid. Determining how H2S is made by oral bacteria is important since this molecule is present at high levels in periodontally-diseased pockets and the biological effects of H2S can explain some of the pathologies seen in periodontitis. Thus,...
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