Yj. Zhang et al., MULTIPLE RESTRICTION-FRAGMENT-LENGTH-POLYMORPHISM GENOTYPES OF PORPHYROMONAS-GINGIVALIS IN SINGLE PERIODONTAL POCKETS, Oral microbiology and immunology, 10(2), 1995, pp. 125-128
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33
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Microbiology,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
A total of 188 Porphyromonas gingivalis strains isolated from 13 perio
dontal pockets of 8 periodontitis patients were investigated by means
of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis using the
fimA gene as a pobe. A total of 5 RFLP genotypes were identified, and
over half of the isolates belonged to type I. Four of the 8 patients h
arbored only 1 RFLP genotype of P, gingivalis, and 1 patient harbored
only 2 RFLP genotypes in different sites. On the other hand, in 3 othe
r patients, multiple RFLP genotypes were found in single periodontal p
ockets. Further studies will be required to clarify whether multiple g
enotypes of P. gingivalis colonized a single periodontal pocket simult
aneously or whether a mutation occurred in the fimbrilin gene locus of
P. gingivalis.