Keystone pathogen

• Autores: Diana Crow
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 311, Nº. 5, 2014, págs. 24-24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses keystone pathogens, which are microorganisms that play a large role in transforming a benign microbial community into one that can cause disease, and research by dental microbiologist George Hajishengallis on the mouth-dwelling bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis.