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A Gram-negative obligate anaerobe traditionally considered an oral commensal, but increasingly recognized as an opportunistic pathobiont with the ability to translocate from oral biofilms to the gastrointestinal tract and bloodstream. Leptotrichia species are prominentl…
Barrett's esophagus (BE) is a premalignant condition in which the normal squamous epithelium of the distal esophagus is replaced by intestinal-type columnar epithelium (intestinal metaplasia). It is the primary risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), a cancer w…
Sneathia is a genus of obligate anaerobic, Gram-negative bacteria in the phylum Fusobacteriota (formerly Fusobacteria). The primary species is S. sanguinegens (formerly Leptotrichia sanguinegens), with S. amnii also clinically significant. Sneathia is a member of the BV…