Comparative genome analysis of fusobacterium nucleatum

• Main Authors: Ang, M.Y., Dutta, A., Wee, W.Y., Dymock, D., Paterson, I.C., Choo, S.W.
• Format: Article
• Published: Oxford University Press 2016
• Subjects: RK Dentistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18309/; https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evw199
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Fusobacterium nucleatum is considered to be a key oral bacterium in recruiting periodontal pathogens into subgingival dental plaque. Currently F. Nucleatum can be subdivided into five subspecies. Our previous genome analysis of F. Nucleatum W1481 (referred to hereafter asW1481), isolated from an 8-m...