Ubiquitous sialometabolism present among oral fusobacteria.

Fusobacterium nucleatum is a ubiquitous member of the human oral flora and is associated with the development of periodontitis and a variety of other types of polymicrobial infections of the mucosa. In the oral cavity, this species is one of the few that is prevalent in both healthy and diseased sub...

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Main Authors: Saori Yoneda, Brandon Loeser, Joseph Feng, John Dmytryk, Fengxia Qi, Justin Merritt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4045943?pdf=render