"Porphyromonas" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, nonsporeforming, nonmotile rods or coccobacilli. Organisms in this genus had originally been classified as members of the BACTEROIDES genus but overwhelming biochemical and chemical findings indicated the need to separate them from other Bacteroides species, and hence, this new genus was created.
| Descriptor ID |
D017861
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.140.094.625 B03.440.425.410.194.625
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Porphyromonas" by people in Profiles.
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Maternal periodontal disease and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 expression. J Periodontol. 2009 Sep; 80(9):1506-10.