Oral commensal Prevotella species and Fusobacterium nucleatum: Identification and potential pathogenic role
Year: 2005
Type: dissertation
Abstract: 6 LIST OF ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS 8 ABBREVIATIONS 9 INTRODUCTION 10 REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 11 The oral cavity as a habitat for bacterial colonization 11 Bacterial populations in the oral cavity 11 Oral bacterial colonization in children 12 Attachment and coaggregation in oral bacterial colonization 13 Oral cultivable Gram-negative anaerobes 14 Prevotella and Porphyromonas 14 Fusobacterium nucleatum 16 Identification of oral Gram-negative anaerobes 16 Phenotypic characteristics useful in identification 17 Molecular methods for identification 18 Population structure and dynamics within oral commensals 19 Transmission and translocation of oral bacteria 20 Virulence and virulence factors 22 Virulence factors of Gram-negative anaerobes 23 Oral bacteria and diseases 24 Gram-negative anaerobes and diseases 25 WORKING HYPOTHESES AND AIMS OF THE STUDY 28 Working hypotheses 28 Aims 28 MATERIAL AND METHODS 29 Subjects, sample collection, and primary cultures 29 Clinical isolates and reference strains 29 Development of identifications schemes (I) 32 Hemagglutination assays (II, III, unpublished) 33
Source: Työväentutkimus Vuosikirja
Author: Gunnsteinn Haraldsson
Language: English
Subfield: Periodontics
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2152206416