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Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Bacteroidetes > Tannerella

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Tannerella  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • infection: coordinate with GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A genus of anaerobic, gram-negative bacteria in the family Tannerellaceae and phylum BACTEROIDETES. TANNERELLA FORSYTHIA, a known species of this genus, is a cause of PERIODONTAL DISEASES and associated with ESOPHAGEAL CANCER and BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS.

History note

  • 2021

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000084422

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