Complete genome sequence of the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis TDC60, which causes periodontal disease

  • J Bacteriol. 2011 Aug;193(16):4259-60. doi: 10.1128/JB.05269-11.
Takayasu Watanabe  1 ,  Fumito Maruyama ,  Takashi Nozawa ,  Akinobu Aoki ,  Soichiro Okano ,  Yasuko Shibata ,  Kenshiro Oshima ,  Ken Kurokawa ,  Masahira Hattori ,  Ichiro Nakagawa ,  Yoshimitsu Abiko
Affiliations
  • 1. Section of Bacterial Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.
PMID: 21705612 DOI: 10.1128/JB.05269-11
Abstract

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a black-pigmented asaccharolytic anaerobe and a major causative agent of periodontitis. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of P. gingivalis strain TDC60, which was recently isolated from a severe periodontal lesion in a Japanese patient.