Leptotrichia buccalis

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Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Fusobacteria; Fusobacteria; Fusobacteriales: Leptotrichiaceae

Taxonomy

Leptotrichia buccalis

Description and Significance:

L.buccalis may well have been one of the first bacteria described and drawn by Antonj van Leeuwenhoek. The first of what is now six species identified as of to date (2010*) ofwithin the genus Leptotrichia in human dental plaque. The six species have been further identified as having at least 60 strains, 26 of which are classified as strains of L.buccalis (6)