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Treponema lecithinolyticum

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Treponema lecithinolyticum is a species of Treponema. It is implicated as a pathogen in chronic periodontitis which can induce bone loss. This motile bacillus is a gram negative, facultative anaerobe and a spirochaete.[1]

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  1. ^ Wyss, C; Choi, BK; Schüpbach, P; Moter, A; Guggenheim, B; Göbel, UB (1999). "Treponema lecithinolyticum sp. nov., a small saccharolytic spirochaete with phospholipase A and C activities associated with periodontal diseases". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 49 Pt 4 (4): 1329–39. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-4-1329. PMID 10555310.


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