Treponema lecithinolyticum sp. nov., a small saccharolytic spirochaete with phospholipase A and C activities associated with periodontal diseases

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1329-1339

  Wyss, C ^a   Choi, B K ^b,c   Schupbach P ^a   Moter, A ^b   Guggenheim, B ^a   Gobel, U B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Periodontal disease; Phospholipase; Phylogeny; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ESTERASE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RIBOSE; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETAL CALF SERUM; FLAGELLUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA LECITHINOLYTICUM;

TREPONEMA LECITHINOLYTICUM; TREPONEMA MALTOPHILUM;

EID: 0032733070     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1329     Document Type: Article

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