Bacteria behind acute periodontitis. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans most often lives peacefully in the mouth until circumstances lead it to become infectious. It forms flower-like colonies, here under a microscope sporting a colorful stain added by a researcher. Aa is gram-negative. Credit: Derren Ready (2012) CIL:38942, CIL. Dataset. https://doi.org/doi:10.7295/W9CIL38942 Creative Commons license

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Research, Biotechnology, Health, Bioengineering, Genetics, Environment, Life Sciences and Biology

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microbiome, bacteria, bacterial colonies, Bacteria communication, bacteria community type, fungus, fungal disease, AA, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Periodontal Disease, Periodontitis, oral microbiome, Oral Bacteria, Heart Disease, Gum Disease, transposon insertion, sequencing analysis, genomic sequencing

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• Created By: Ben Brumfield
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• Created On: Sep 9, 2019 - 2:21pm
• Last Updated: Sep 9, 2019 - 2:21pm