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Merinda Hall Bench B 23/09/2016

Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria – Bacteroidetes– Bacteroidia – Bacteroidales – Porphyromonadaceae – Porphyromonas

Species

Porphyromonas gingivalis 2561^T, ATCC 33277^T, CCUG 25893^T, CCUG 25928^T, CIP 103683^T, DSM 20709^T, JCM 12257^T, NCTC 11834^T.

Description and significance

of this genus, ‘‘P. gingivalis’’ is commonly

Genome structure

Select a strain for which genome information (e.g. size, plasmids, distinct genes, etc.) is available.

Cell structure and metabolism

Cell wall, biofilm formation, motility, metabolic functions.

Ecology

Aerobe/anaerobe, habitat (location in the oral cavity, potential other environments) and microbe/host interactions.

Pathology

Do these microorganisms cause disease in the oral cavity or elsewhere?

Application to biotechnology

Bioengineering, biotechnologically relevant enzyme/compound production, drug targets,…

Current research

Summarise some of the most recent discoveries regarding this species.

References

References examples (Use Environmental Microbiology Journal style)

1. Sahm, K., MacGregor, B.J., Jørgensen, B.B., and Stahl, D.A. (1999) Sulphate reduction and vertical distribution of sulphate-reducing bacteria quantified by rRNA slotblot hybridization in a coastal marine sediment. Environ Microbiol 1: 65-74.

2. Human Oral Microbiome

This page is written by Merinda Hall for the MICR3004 course, Semester 2, 2016