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SUBMITTER: Frederick JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3173007 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of dental research 20110329 10
In the healthy subgingiva, oral treponemes account for a small percentage of the total bacteria. However, in diseased periodontal pockets, treponemes thrive and become a dominant component of the bacterial population. Oral treponemes are uniquely adept at capitalizing on the environmental conditions that develop with periodontal disease. The molecular basis of adaptive responses of oral treponemes is just beginning to be investigated and defined. The completion of several treponeme genome sequen ...[more]