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Classification

Higher order taxa

• Kingdom: Bacteria
• Domain: Bacteria
• Phylum: Bacteroidetes
• Class: Bacteroidetes
• Order: Bacteroidales
• Family: Porphyromonadaceae
• Genus: Porphyromonas

Species

Porphyromonas gingivalis type strain ATCC33277

Description and significance

Porphyromonas gingivalis was first discovered ^[1]. It is a pathogenic bacterium that has no functional role ^[2] and is commonly found in the oral cavity^[3]. P. gingivalis is a gram negative, rod shaped bacteria that forms black pigmented colonies on blood agar plate ^[3]. It is important to study this microorganism as ^[4].

Examples of citations ^[1], ^[2]

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

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 Nur' Amirah Mohd Kassim for the MICR3004 course, Semester 2, 2016