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Sep 2026
Fusobacterium bacteriophage FNU1 disrupts complex periodontal pathogenic biofilms comprising Fusobacterium polymorphum, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia and Prevotella intermedia
Abstract Background Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting more than 50% of the global population, resulting in irreversible gum damage, alveolar bone loss and ultimately tooth loss. Periodontitis arises from stable, multi-species biofilms whose pathogenicity is driven by emergent ecological interact...
Siti Saleha Binte Mohamed Yakob Adil, Joseph Tucci, S. Dashper et al.
· Journal of Oral Microbiology · 0 citations