Novel mechanism for conditional aerobic growth of the anaerobic bacterium Treponema denticola

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Lai, Yanlai ^a   Chu, Lianrui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC GROWTH; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYGEN; PATHOGENS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYSTALYSIN; CYSTEINYLGLYCINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OXYGEN; SURVIVAL;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS ENDODONTALIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA LOESCHEII; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; DIPEPTIDASES; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; OXYGEN; TIME FACTORS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 37849000579     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01972-07     Document Type: Article

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