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==Ecology==
==Ecology==


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Secondary colonisers of biofilms are predominantly Gram-negative and anerobic, as is ''P. gingivalis'', because the environment inside a growing biofilm is often oxygen-limited. Further compounding this factor is the oral niche of ''P. gingivalis'', the periodontal pocket, which is itself is not an oxygen-rich locale.
Secondary colonisers of biofilms are predominantly Gram-negative and anerobic, as is ''P. gingivalis'', because the environment inside a growing biofilm is often oxygen-limited. Further compounding this factor is the oral niche of ''P. gingivalis'', the periodontal pocket, which is itself is not an oxygen-rich locale.

Revision as of 11:25, 23 September 2016

P. gingivalis colonies grown on blood agar.[1] Heme from the media is oxidized by the bacteria to produce hemin which accumulates on the cell surface producing a characteristic black pigment after about 7 days of anaerobic incubation.[2]

Ron Ramsay, Bench C, September 23, 2016 [3]

Classification

Higher order taxa

(domain) Bacteria — (phylum) Bacteroidetes — (class) Bacteroidia — (order) Bacteroidales — (family) Porphyromonadaceae — (genus) Porphyromonas [4][5]

Species

Porphyromonas gingivalis

Type strain: 2561 = ATCC 33277 = BCRC 14417 = CCRC 14417 = CCUG 25893 = CCUG 25928 = CIP 103683 = Coykendall 2561 = DSM 20709 = JCM 12257 = KCTC 5121 = NCTC 11834 = Slots 2561 [5][6]

Description and significance

[2] P. gingivalis bacteria are Gram-negative, obligately anaerobic, non-motile, and non-sporeforming. Morphology can be short rod-shaped, or in broth culture, coccobacilli 0.5 µm by 1-2 µm in size. On solid media, colonies are generally smooth, shiny and convex. On blood agar medium, they darken within a week due to the take-up of heme which is oxidized into hemin which accumulates on the cell surface. This characteristic colony colour which we describe as black is how the genus name Porphyromonas was derived, from a Greek word for "purple".

A virulent strain of P. gingivalis—W83—was first isolated in the 1950s by H. Werner in Germany from an undocumented human oral infection.[7][8] In 2003, W83 became the first strain of P. gingivalis to be sequenced.[9]

Genome structure

Comparisons and overlap of essential genes and the core genome of P. gingivalis type strain ATCC 33227 together with the entire curated Database of Essential Genes[10]

The whole genome sequence of P. givivalis type strain ATCC 33227 was determined in 2008 by Naito et al.[11], deposited as Genbank accession AP009380.[12] The genome comprises a single circular chromosome is 2.35 million bp in size, averaging 48.4% G+C content, and is without a plasmid. Coding sequence coverage is 86.1%. The 2090 protein coding sequences identified have an average length of 970 bp.[11]

Mutagenesis experiments have identified 463 genes essential for in vitro viability for strain ATCC 33227, and of those, 424 are contained within its core genome of 1476 genes.[10]

According to the "mouse subcutaneous soft tissue abscess model", AATC 33227 is classified as a "less virulent" strain. [11] This property lends itself to comparative studies against the "more virulent" strains in order to identify their virulence factors. Naito et al. performed a genomic comparison analysis between the AATC 33227 and the "more virulent" W83 strain.[11] Both genomes contain 53 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA operons. Various types of mobile elements are present in both strains, including insertion sequences, miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) and conjugative transposons. Sequence alignment shows that extensive rearrangements have taken place between the two strains to produce strain-specific coding sequences (CDSs) 60% specific to ATCC 33277, 68% specific to W83. Gene similarities to other bacterial species such as Bacteroides fragilis suggests that horizontal transfers have taken place.

Cell structure and metabolism

Cell wall, biofilm formation, motility, metabolic functions.

Ecology

P. gingivalis is part of the predominant human oral microbiota. Its specific niche is the periodontal pocket or sulcus below the gumline, the crevice between the tooth and the gingiva (gums).[13] P. gingivalis relies on the presence of "primary colonisers" to establish an early biofilm.[14] Typically, these are Gram-positive streptococci, which express receptors specific to the acquired pellicles that cover the tooth surface. Secondary colonisers such as P. gingivalis then colonise that existing biofilm in various spatial and temporal manners which are often co-dependent. For P. gingivalis, a key role is played by the long rod-like Fusobacterium nucleatum which acts as a "bridge" between the early and late colonisers such as P. gingivalis which have receptors that attach to F. nucleatum.[15]

Secondary colonisers of biofilms are predominantly Gram-negative and anerobic, as is P. gingivalis, because the environment inside a growing biofilm is often oxygen-limited. Further compounding this factor is the oral niche of P. gingivalis, the periodontal pocket, which is itself is not an oxygen-rich locale.

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

Until 2012, experiments to determine the essential genes of P. gingivalis had not been performed because available transposon systems of the time were limited in their ability to knock out genes. Klein et al. adapted a Mariner transposon system in order to create an insertion mutant library.[10] The insertion locations were determined by NextGen sequencing and were analysed in silico. This novel technique facilitated the putative identification of essential genes and provided greater capacity to understand the bacterium's metabolic pathways.

References

[2] [12]

  1. Nakayama, K. (2015). Porphyromonas Gingivalis and Related Bacteria: From Colonial Pigmentation to the Type Ix Secretion System and Gliding Motility. J Periodontal Res 50:1-8. doi:10.1111/jre.12255.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Shah, H. N. and M. D. Collins. (1988). Proposal for Reclassification of Bacteroides Asaccharolyticus, Bacteroides Gingivalis, and Bacteroides Endodontalis in a New Genus, Porphyromonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 38:128-31. doi:10.1099/00207713-38-1-128.
  3. MICR3004: Microbial Genomics. University of Queensland. course information
  4. NCBI Taxonomy Browser
  5. 5.0 5.1 StrainInfo.net. Porphyromonas gingivalis
  6. LPSN: List of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature. Porphyromonas
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  12. 12.0 12.1 Genbank nucleotide sequence database. accession: AP009380.1: "Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC 33277 DNA, complete genome"
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This page is written by Ron Ramsay for the MICR3004 course, Semester 2, 2016