Metabolic plasticity enables lifestyle transitions of Porphyromonas gingivalis
Abstract Our understanding of how the oral anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis can persist below the gum line, induce ecological changes, and promote polymicrobial infections remains limited. P. gingivalis has long been described as a highly proteolytic and asaccharolytic pathogen that utilizes protei...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-05-01
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| Series: | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-021-00217-4 |