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  3. Complete genome sequence of the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis TDC60, which causes periodontal disease

Complete genome sequence of the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis TDC60, which causes periodontal disease

  • J Bacteriol. 2011 Aug;193(16):4259-60. doi: 10.1128/JB.05269-11.
Takayasu Watanabe 1,  Fumito Maruyama,  Takashi Nozawa,  Akinobu Aoki,  Soichiro Okano,  Yasuko Shibata,  Kenshiro Oshima,  Ken Kurokawa,  Masahira Hattori,  Ichiro Nakagawa,  Yoshimitsu Abiko
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 Section of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.
PMID: 21705612 DOI: 10.1128/JB.05269-11
Abstract

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a black-pigmented asaccharolytic anaerobe and a major causative agent of periodontitis. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of P. gingivalis strain TDC60, which was recently isolated from a severe periodontal lesion in a Japanese patient.

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