Periodontitis Culprit Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Periodontitis Culprit Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

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Bacteria behind acute periodontitis. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans most often lives peacefully in the mouth until circumstances lead it to become infectious. It forms flower-like colonies, here under a microscope sporting a colorful stain added by a researcher. Aa is gram-negative.

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Derren Ready (2012) CIL:38942, CIL. Dataset. https://doi.org/doi:10.7295/W9CIL38942 Creative Commons license

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