Treponema putidum sp. nov., a medium-sized proteolytic spirochaete isolated from lesions of human periodontitis and acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1117-1122

  Wyss, C ^a   Moter, A ^b   Choi, B K ^c   Dewhirst, F E ^d   Xue, Yi ^a,e   Schupbach P ^a,f   Gobel U B ^b   Paster, B J ^d   Guggenheim, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BETHUNE INTERNATIONAL PEACE HOSPITAL   (China)

^f Microphot   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL EXTRACT; FLAGELLIN; GLYCAN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA 16S; SIALIDASE; TRYPSIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PUTIDUM; VINCENT STOMATITIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, RRNA; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; NEURAMINIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PERIODONTITIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; PROTEOME; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUCROSE; TREPONEMA;

BOVINAE; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PUTIDUM;

EID: 4344629517     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02806-0     Document Type: Article

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