Siti Saleha Binte Mohamed Yakob Adil

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...