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A genus of Gram-negative, obligate anaerobic, sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) that produces hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as its primary metabolic end-product. H2S is a potent cytotoxin that disrupts colonocyte energy metabolism, damages the gut barrier, and promotes chronic i…
A Gram-negative obligate anaerobe and keystone pathogen of the oral microbiome that causes chronic periodontitis and is increasingly implicated in systemic diseases including alzheimers disease and cardiovascular disease. P. gingivalis virulence is fundamentally depende…
A family of Gram-negative, obligate anaerobic bacteria within the phylum Bacteroidota (formerly Bacteroidetes) that includes the genus prevotella and the recently described alloprevotella. Prevotellaceae are specialist fiber fermenters producing short-chain fatty acids,…