Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans
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An Actinobacillus Actinomycetemcomitans is a facultative gram-negative bacterium which has been associated with severe oral and non-oral infections.
- AKA: A. Actinomycetemcomitans.
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- Aggregatibacter Actinomycetemcomitans http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9XC06
- PMID 11566992: “Although TadA is not predicted to have a transmembrane domain, the protein was localized to the inner membrane and cytoplasmic fractions of A. actinomycetemcomitans cells, indicating a possible peripheral association with the inner membrane. TadA-T7 was purified and found to hydrolyze ATP in vitro”
- See: Human Periodontal Disease.
References
2009
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregatibacter_actinomycetemcomitans
- Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is an oral commensal found also in severe infections in the oral cavity, mainly the periodontium. A. actinomycetemcomitans, previously Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, is a gram negative facultative non motile rod. It is also associated with non-oral infections. It was first discovered by periodontist Dr. Jorgen Slots, now a University of Southern California faculty member.
Bacterium actinomycetem comitans’ was described by Klinger (1912) as coccobacillary bacteria isolated together with Actinomyces from actinomycotic lesions of man. It was reclassified as Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans by Topley & Wilson (1929) and as Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans by Potts et al. (1985). The species has attracted attention because of its association with localized aggressive periodontitis (Slots & Ting, 1999; Haubek et al., 2001). [1]
- Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is an oral commensal found also in severe infections in the oral cavity, mainly the periodontium. A. actinomycetemcomitans, previously Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, is a gram negative facultative non motile rod. It is also associated with non-oral infections. It was first discovered by periodontist Dr. Jorgen Slots, now a University of Southern California faculty member.