Because of the increasing use of dental implants, dental practitioners should understand the
treatment and nature of peri‐implant diseases (PIDs). This disease is a serious problem of …

Phase-variable DNA methyltransferases control the expression of multiple genes via
epigenetic mechanisms in a wide variety of bacterial species. These systems are called …

Abstract Background Porphyromonas gingivalis (hereafter “Pg”) is an oral pathogen that has
been hypothesized to act as a keystone driver of inflammation and periodontal disease …

The accumulation of amyloid-beta plaques in the brain is a central pathological feature of
Alzheimer's disease. It is believed that amyloid responses may be a result of the host …

Heme (iron protoporphyrin IX, FePPIX) is the main source of iron and PPIX for host-
associated pathogenic bacteria, including members of the Bacteroidota (formerly …

Despite the common belief that manganese (hydr) oxides in the absence of other metal ions
require high overpotential to catalyze the oxygen-evolution reaction (OER) in alkaline …

ABSTRACT N 6-Adenine DNA methyltransferases associated with some Type I and Type III
restriction-modification (RM) systems are able to undergo phase variation, randomly …

As part of the infective process, Porphyromonas gingivalis must acquire heme which is
indispensable for life and enables the microorganism to survive and multiply at the infection …

Background Tannerella forsythia is a bacterial pathogen implicated in periodontal disease.
Numerous virulence-associated T. forsythia genes have been described, however, it is …

Bacteria have to persist under low iron conditions in order to adapt to the nutritional
immunity of a host. Since the knowledge of iron stimulon of Bacteroidetes is sparse, we …