Tannerella forsythia

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University of Oklahoma Study Abroad Microbiology in Arezzo, Italy[1]
Image ofTannerella forsythia. From: lsn.ou.edu [2]

Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Domain = Bacteria
| Phylum = Bacteroidetes
| Class = Bacteroidia
| Order = Bacteroidiales
| Family = Porphyromonadaceae
| Genus = Tannerella
| species = T. forsythia

NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: Genome

Description

Tannerella forsythia is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium that aids in the development of periodontal diseases.

Pathogenesis

Transmission

Infectious dose, incubation, colonization

Epidemiology

United States

Worldwide

Virulence factors

Trypsin-like protease

Sialidase

BspA protein

alpha-D-glucosidase

hemagglutinin

apoptosis-inducing activity

Clinical features

Symptoms

Morbidity and Mortality

Diagnosis

Treatment

Prevention

Host Immune Response

How diabetes affects immune response to periodontitis

References

1. Gross L. How the plague bacillus and its transmission through fleas were discovered: reminiscences from my years at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1995 15;92(17):7609-11.

2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Plague: Ecology and Transmission. [<http://www.cdc.gov/plague/transmission/>].

Created by {Krishna Manohar}, students of Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma.