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Shin YK, Jeong SU, Yoo SY, Kim MK, Kim HS, Kim BO, Kim DK, Hwang HK, Kook JK. Pi30 DNA Probe May Be Useful for the Identification ofPrevotella intermediaat the Species or Strain Level. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 48:931-6. [PMID: 15611609 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03622.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recently, we introduced a new method for the rapid screening of bacterial species-or subspecies-specific DNA probes, named the "inverted dot blot hybridization screening method." This method has subsequently been then applied to develop species-or strain-specific DNA probes for Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens. In a previous study, the inverted dot blot hybridization data showed that a probe, Pi30, was specific for P. intermedia. In this study, the DNA probe Pi30 was evaluated by Southern blot analysis to determine if it could distinguish P. intermedia from P. nigrescens. The data showed that the probe Pi30 reacted with the genomic DNAs from the reference strains and clinical isolates of both P. intermedia and P. nigrescens, but the size of the signal bands was different. In addition, the probe Pi30 reacted with a 1.4 kbp fragment from the genomic DNAs digested with Pst I of the P. intermedia strains but not with any fragments of P. nigrescens strains. The result indicates that the probe Pi30 could be useful for the identification of P. intermedia by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) at the species or strain level.
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- Yong Kook Shin
- Division of Genome Resources Bank and Reservation, National Genome Research Institute, National Institute of Health, 5 Nokbun-Dong, Eunpyn-Gu, Seoul 122-701, Republic of Korea
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Gmür R, Thurnheer T. Direct quantitative differentiation between Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens in clinical specimens. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2002; 148:1379-1387. [PMID: 11988511 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-5-1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This paper describes a quantitative fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assay for the differential identification of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens in clinical samples, and compares its performance with less discriminatory culture and quantitative immunofluorescence (IF) assays. Fluorescence-labelled oligonucleotide probes directed to specific 16S rRNA sequences of P. intermedia, P. nigrescens, Prevotella pallens and Prevotella denticola were hybridized under stringent conditions with cultured reference strains or plaque samples from deep periodontal pockets. Probe specificity was defined with strains from multiple oral Prevotella species. The lower detection level of the assays was approximately 3x10(3) target cells per ml of plaque-sample suspension. P. intermedia, P. nigrescens, P. pallens and P. denticola were detected in plaques with prevalences of 69, 67, 0 and 28%, respectively. On average, 3.9 x 10(6) P. intermedia, 3.1 x 10(6) P. nigrescens and 5.6 x 10(5) P. denticola cells were counted per positive sample. All three species were found almost exclusively in dense mixed aggregates. Quantitative FISH data agreed satisfactorily with corresponding IF data (r=0.711). Both FISH and IF enumerations of the sum of P. intermedia and P. nigrescens markedly exceeded the c.f.u. counts of black-pigmented colonies in Porphyromonas gingivalis-free cultured subgingival plaques. The results demonstrate the validity of this new assay. Unlike established IF, culture, PCR or checkerboard DNA hybridization assays, this FISH assay differentiates quantitatively between P. intermedia and P. nigrescens, provides visual accuracy control, and offers insights into the spatial distribution of the target cells within a clinical sample.
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- Rudolf Gmür
- Institute for Oral Microbiology and General Immunology, Centre for Dental, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zürich, Plattenstrasse 11, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland1
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- Institute for Oral Microbiology and General Immunology, Centre for Dental, Oral Medicine and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Zürich, Plattenstrasse 11, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland1
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Lie MA, van der Weijden GA, Timmerman MF, Loos BG, van Steenbergen TJ, van der Velden U. Occurrence of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens in relation to gingivitis and gingival health. J Clin Periodontol 2001; 28:189-93. [PMID: 11168745 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-051x.2001.028002189.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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AIM The occurrence of Prevotella intermedia (Pi) and Prevotella nigrescens (Pn) in relation to natural gingivitis, gingival health and 14-day experimental gingivitis was investigated in 25 non-dental students. MATERIALS AND METHODS Samples were taken from the dorsum of the tongue, the tonsils (or tonsillar area), and the supra- and subgingival plaque. RESULTS The microbiological results show that 73% of the samples were positive for the bacterial species presumed to be Pi and/or Pn. In natural gingivitis, gingival health and in experimental gingivitis 25, 23 and 25 subjects were found to be positive for Pi and/or Pn, respectively. The results of the 889 isolates that were successfully purified and differentiated, show that almost all subjects were colonized with Pn whereas approximately half of the study population harboured Pi. These 2 species were isolated from both dental plaque and mucosal sites and were found to colonize the oral cavity simultaneously. CONCLUSION In natural gingivitis, at the start and after 14 days of experimental gingivitis, Pn was the predominant micro-organism.
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- M A Lie
- Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Combe ML, Pons JL. Genetic relationships within the genus Prevotella analyzed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and DNA-DNA hybridization. Syst Appl Microbiol 1999; 22:596-603. [PMID: 10794148 DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(99)80013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The genetic diversity and relationships within the genus Prevotella were studied by analyzing twenty-five strains by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis (MLEE) at nine metabolic enzyme loci and DNA-DNA hybridization. MLEE revealed a high genetic diversity with 25 electrophoretic types (ETs) for the 25 strains studied, a mean number of alleles per enzyme locus of 6.8 and a mean genetic diversity per locus of 0.786. The index of association described by Maynard Smith et al. (1993) revealed a clonal structure within the genus Prevotella. A dendrogram generated by cluster analysis of a matrix of ETs showed that species like P. bivia, P. buccae, P. oris, P. oralis, P. nigrescens, and P. denticola form clusters that are consistent with DNA homologies. However, strains identified as P. melaninogenica or P. loescheii by DNA-DNA hybridization did not constitute distinct subpopulations in MLEE. MLEE analysis demonstrated its high power in differentiating closely related strains. It provides an alternative to 16S rRNA analysis for the study of phylogenetic relationships within the genus Prevotella, especially for differentiating strains with high DNA homology or high rRNA homology.
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- M L Combe
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Antimicrobiens et les Microorganismes, U.E.R. Médecine-Pharmacie de Rouen, France
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Siqueira JF, Magalhães FA, Lima KC, de Uzeda M. Pathogenicity of facultative and obligate anaerobic bacteria in monoculture and combined with either Prevotella intermedia or Prevotella nigrescens. ORAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY 1998; 13:368-72. [PMID: 9872113 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302x.1998.tb00693.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The pathogenicity of obligate and facultative anaerobic bacteria commonly found in endodontic infections was tested using a mouse model. The capacity of inducing abscesses was evaluated seven days after subcutaneous injection of the bacteria in pure culture and in combinations with either Prevotella intermedia or Prevotella nigrescens. Nine of the fifteen bacterial strains tested were pathogenic in pure culture. No statistically significant differences were detected between these strains in pure culture and in mixtures with either P. intermedia or P. nigrescens. Synergism between the bacterial strains was only apparent when associating Porphyromonas endodontalis with P. intermedia or P. nigrescens. Histopathological examination of tissue sections from induced abscesses revealed an acute inflammatory reaction, dominated by polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Sections from the control group using sterile medium showed no evidence of inflammatory reaction.
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- J F Siqueira
- Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Paquet C, Mouton C. RAPD fingerprinting for the distinction ofPrevotella intermediasensu stricto fromPrevotella nigrescens. Anaerobe 1997; 3:271-8. [PMID: 16887601 DOI: 10.1006/anae.1997.0077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/1996] [Accepted: 02/23/1997] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A collection of 70 oral strains including reference strains and clinical isolates identified as Prevotella intermedia sensu lato was constituted to cover a large clinical and geographical diversity. Electrophoresis of the enzyme malate dehydrogenase allowed the identification of the 70 study strains as Prevotella intermedia sensu stricto (n= 36), Prevotella nigrescens (n= 31) and three unclassified strains. By using four primers, DNA fingerprints were generated from 20 strains as random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Matching co-migrating amplicon positions by pairwise comparison allowed the clustering of the fingerprints as two groups coincident with the P. intermedia/P. nigrescens assignment by enzyme electrophoresis of malate dehydrogenase. Our data suggest that isolates identified asP. intermedia sensu lato by conventional criteria can be speciated asP. intermedia sensu stricto or P. nigrescens by RAPD fingerprinting.
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- C Paquet
- Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Buccale, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4
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van Steenbergen TJ, Bosch-Tijhof CJ, Petit MD, Van der Velden U. Intra-familial transmission and distribution of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens. J Periodontal Res 1997; 32:345-50. [PMID: 9210087 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1997.tb00543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The periodontal bacteria Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens have been recently separated from each other. The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution and routes of transmission of these bacteria among family members. Seven patients with moderate to severe periodontitis were selected. These probands, their spouses and 14 of their children were investigated. The presence of Pr. intermedia and Pr. nigrescens was determined by culture techniques in pooled subgingival plaque samples, in the saliva, on the tongue, tonsils and buccal mucosa. Differentiation of Pr. intermedia and Pr. nigrescens was performed by enzyme electrophoretic mobility. From all 7 patients, as well as 4 spouses and 3 of the children, Pr. intermedia could be isolated. Pr. nigrescens was found in 2 of the 7 patients, in 5 of the spouses and in 5 of the 6 children aged 5-10 yr. In the 8 children aged 0-4 yr both species were seldom isolated. These data are in accordance with earlier findings that Pr. intermedia is associated with periodontitis and Pr. nigrescens with a relatively healthy periodontal condition. Ribotyping of bacteria was performed by hybridization of HindIII restriction endonuclease digests of chromosomal DNA with ribosomal DNA. Isolates from unrelated individuals always had distinct ribotypes. Indistinguishable ribotypes of Pr. intermedia and Pr. nigrescens were found both among married couples and among parents and children. This indicates that intrafamilial transmission of Pr. intermedia and Pr. nigrescens is possible both between adults and between parents and children.
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- T J van Steenbergen
- Department of Oral Microbiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Paster BJ, Dewhirst FE, Olsen I, Fraser GJ. Phylogeny of Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Porphyromonas spp. and related bacteria. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:725-32. [PMID: 8300528 PMCID: PMC205110 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.3.725-732.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The phylogenetic structure of the bacteroides subgroup of the cytophaga-flavobacter-bacteroides (CFB) phylum was examined by 16S rRNA sequence comparative analysis. Approximately 95% of the 16S rRNA sequence was determined for 36 representative strains of species of Prevotella, Bacteroides, and Porphyromonas and related species by a modified Sanger sequencing method. A phylogenetic tree was constructed from a corrected distance matrix by the neighbor-joining method, and the reliability of tree branching was established by bootstrap analysis. The bacteroides subgroup was divided primarily into three major phylogenetic clusters which contained most of the species examined. The first cluster, termed the prevotella cluster, was composed of 16 species of Prevotella, including P. melaninogenica, P. intermedia, P. nigrescens, and the ruminal species P. ruminicola. Two oral species, P. zoogleoformans and P. heparinolytica, which had been recently placed in the genus Prevotella, did not fall within the prevotella cluster. These two species and six species of Bacteroides, including the type species B. fragilis, formed the second cluster, termed the bacteroides cluster. The third cluster, termed the porphyromonas cluster, was divided into two subclusters. The first contained Porphyromonas gingivalis, P. endodontalis, P. asaccharolytica, P. circumdentaria, P. salivosa, [Bacteroides] levii (the brackets around genus are used to indicate that the species does not belong to the genus by the sensu stricto definition), and [Bacteroides] macacae, and the second subcluster contained [Bacteroides] forsythus and [Bacteroides] distasonis. [Bacteroides] splanchnicus fell just outside the three major clusters but still belonged within the bacteroides subgroup. With few exceptions, the 16 S rRNA data were in overall agreement with previously proposed reclassifications of species of Bacteroides, Prevotella, and Porphyromonas. Suggestions are made to accommodate those species which do not fit previous reclassification schemes.
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- B J Paster
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Forsyth Dental Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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van Steenbergen TJ, van Winkelhoff AJ, de Graaff J. Classification and typing methods of black-pigmented gram-negative anaerobes. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 1993; 6:83-8. [PMID: 8390896 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.1993.tb00307.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Until recently, black-pigmented Gram-negative anaerobes were classified as 'black-pigmented Bacteroides'. At present, 11 distinct species are recognized in this group. Because of major differences with Bacteroides fragilis, the type species of the genus Bacteroides, new genera have been proposed: Porphyromonas for three asaccharolytic species, and Prevotella for the saccharolytic species. Typing methods have been developed for some species of black-pigmented Gram-negative anaerobes. These include biotyping and serotyping, but relatively few types can be distinguished with these methods. Recently, DNA restriction endonuclease analysis has been used for typing of P. gingivalis, Pr. intermedia and P. endodontalis strains. Great heterogeneity was observed within all three species. This typing method can be useful for epidemiological studies.
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- T J van Steenbergen
- Department of Oral Microbiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Shah H, Gharbia S. Multilocus enzyme electrophoretic analysis and DNA-DNA reassociation of strains designated Prevotella intermedia. Lett Appl Microbiol 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1992.tb00710.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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van Winkelhoff AJ, Clement M, de Graaff J. Rapid characterization of oral and nonoral pigmented Bacteroides species with the ATB Anaerobes ID system. J Clin Microbiol 1988; 26:1063-5. [PMID: 3290235 PMCID: PMC266523 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.26.5.1063-1065.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The ATB Anaerobes ID system (API SYSTEM, La Balme Les Grottes, France) was evaluated for its ability to differentiate between species of the pigmented Bacteroides group. This identification system is based on the degradation of chromogenic substrates in combination with sugar fermentation reactions. The results showed that the ATB system can be useful for differentiation between the 10 pigmented Bacteroides species. However, additional tests may be necessary.
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- A J van Winkelhoff
- Department of Oral Microbiology, Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands
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Shah HN, Gharbia SE, Al-jalili TAR, Nash RA, Seddon SV. Enzymes of Diagnostic Importance Within the Bacteroidaceae; Use as Possible Ecological Markers. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 1988. [DOI: 10.3109/08910608809140190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- H. N. Shah
- Department of Oral Microbiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, E1 2AD
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- Department of Oral Microbiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, E1 2AD
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, 13110, Kuwait
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- Department of Oral Microbiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, E1 2AD
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- Department of Oral Microbiology, The London Hospital Medical College, London, E1 2AD
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Gmür R, Hrodek K, Saxer UP, Guggenheim B. Double-blind analysis of the relation between adult periodontitis and systemic host response to suspected periodontal pathogens. Infect Immun 1986; 52:768-76. [PMID: 3710586 PMCID: PMC260925 DOI: 10.1128/iai.52.3.768-776.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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By using a sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, 200 randomly selected sera from Red Cross blood donors were screened for immunoglobulin G (IgG), IgA, and IgM levels against Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Bacteroides gingivalis, and Bacteroides intermedius. A subgroup of 79 blood donors was clinically examined for type and extent of periodontal destruction, and serological and clinical data were subjected in all possible dual combinations to correlation analyses. The results revealed that the majority of the blood donors suffered from moderate to severe adult periodontitis, often coupled with severe gingival inflammation. No cases of localized juvenile periodontitis or rapidly progressive periodontitis were observed. The extent of periodontal destruction proved to be significantly correlated only to the IgG response levels against B. gingivalis. Corresponding correlation tests assessing the relationships of loss of attachment, bone loss, pocket depth, and papillary bleeding index with the IgG responses to A. actinomycetemcomitans were of marginal significance, while the IgG responses to B. intermedius revealed no relationship to the periodontal health status. The specific IgM responses proved to be unrelated to the clinical parameters, but interestingly, they were found to be highly correlated with each other. Specific IgA levels were frequently too low for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay testing and, therefore, had to be exempted from statistical analyses. Assessments of the serotype specificity of strongly elevated IgG responses to A. actinomycetemcomitans disclosed no evidence for an association of a particular serotype-specific IgG response with the occurrence of adult periodontal destruction. In contrast to results of earlier studies, a number of sera were found to contain strongly elevated IgG levels against two or even all three serotypes. Although derived by an alternative approach, the reported results largely corroborate earlier observations linking only the occurrence of elevated anti-B. gingivalis IgG responses to the presence of marked periodontal lesions in adults.
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van Winkelhoff AJ, van Steenbergen TJ, Kippuw N, de Graaff J. Enzymatic characterization of oral and non-oral black-pigmented Bacteroides species. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1986; 52:163-71. [PMID: 3729376 DOI: 10.1007/bf00429320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the production of various enzymes by oral and non-oral black-pigmented Bacteroides species using chromogenic substrates. The 19 substrates present in the API ZYM system did not differentiate between B. melaninogenicus, B. denticola, B. loescheii and B. levii. The asaccharolytic black-pigmented Bacteroides species showed each species specific enzyme activity, however, differences were based on one enzyme only as far as B. asaccharolyticus and B. endodontalis are concerned. An extended number of 40 chromogenic substrates were tested in order to find more species specific enzyme. With a set of 20 substrates it appeared to be possible to discriminate between all species tested. The possibility to use enzymes for the identification of black-pigmented Bacteroides is discussed.
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Winkelhoff A, Steenbergen T, Graaff J. Oxygen tolerance of oral and non-oral black-pigmented Bacteroidesspecies. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1986. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01274.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Gmür R. Human serum antibodies against Bacteroides intermedius. Antigenic heterogeneity impairs the interpretation of the host response. J Periodontal Res 1985; 20:492-6. [PMID: 2416900 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1985.tb00832.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Roeterink CH, van Steenbergen TJ, de Jong WF, de Graaff J. Histopathological effects in the palate of the rat induced by injection with different black-pigmented Bacteroides strains. J Periodontal Res 1984; 19:292-302. [PMID: 6235345 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1984.tb00820.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Gmür R, Guggenheim B. Antigenic heterogeneity of Bacteroides intermedius as recognized by monoclonal antibodies. Infect Immun 1983; 42:459-70. [PMID: 6196291 PMCID: PMC264452 DOI: 10.1128/iai.42.2.459-470.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Four hybrid cell lines secreting monoclonal antibodies against antigens of Bacteroides intermedius were generated by fusing murine NSI cells with splenocytes from a rat immunized with B. intermedius strain OMZ248. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to analyze the distribution of the recognized antigens on 39 strains from various Bacteroides species and on 5 strains from other genera. Only Bacteroides species B. intermedius, B. loescheii, B. melaninogenicus, and B. corporis were found to express at least one of the recognized antigens. Strains of the two asaccharolytic black-pigmenting Bacteroides species were negative. Among the strains capable of binding to one or more of the monoclonal antibodies, five groups with different reactivity patterns could be distinguished. Two of the monoclonal antibodies were specific for B. intermedius. The B. intermedius strains were metabolically almost identical, expressed at least three of the recognized antigens, and fell into three distinct antibody reactivity groups, suggesting a tentative separation of this species into three new serogroups. Oral and nonoral isolates of B. intermedius were, however, not distinguished by the monoclonal antibodies. One monoclonal antibody was directed against an antigen strongly expressed on all saccharolytic black-pigmenting Bacteroides strains tested so far, thus confirming the previously noted antigenic relationship between the species which had emerged from the former B. melaninogenicus subsp. intermedius and B. melaninogenicus subsp. melaninogenicus groups.
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Hydrophobicity of black-pigmented Bacteroides strains and the correlation with phagocytosis. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1983. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00399863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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