Jamie L. Galvin

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to determine the bacterial diversity in the human subgingival plaque by using culture-independent molecular methods as part of an ongoing effort to obtain full 16S rRNA sequences for all cultivable and not-yet-cultivated species of human oral bacteria.

TL;DR: Comparing the bacteria found in early childhood caries (ECC) to those found in caries-free children by using molecular identification methods suggests that A. gerencseriae and other Actinomyces species may play an important role incaries initiation and that a novel Bifidobacterium may be a major pathogen in deep caries.

TL;DR: The complete 2,343,479-bp genome sequence of the gram-negative, pathogenic oral bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis strain W83, a major contributor to periodontal disease, was determined and confirms the close relationship between the Cytophaga-Flavobacteria-Bacteroides (CFB) phylum and the green-sulfur bacteria.

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to examine the diversity of spirochetes in the subgingival pocket of multiple subjects with a range of periodontal conditions, including two healthy, one adult periodontitis, three acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, eight refractory periodontritis, and one human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) periodontopathy.

TL;DR: Based on sequence analysis and checkerboard analysis, NUP did not possess the classical periodontal pathogens such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, and the microbial profiles of NUP and periodontitis had many similarities.