Session: Mechanisms of Periodontal Pathogens (AADR Annual Meeting (March 21-24, 2012))

1119

Identification of Oral Taxa from Rare Phyla/Candidate Divisions
A. CAMANOCHA, Dental Student, Harvard University, Boston, MA, and F. DEWHIRST, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA

1120

The Human Oral Microbiome: A Status Report
J.M. BLANTON¹, A.T. KIREGA², L. YANG³, T. CHEN⁴, C. LEONETTI¹, A. TANNER², W. WADE⁵, B.J. PASTER², F.E. DEWHIRST², and J. IZARD², ¹Molecular Genetics, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, ²Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, ³Molecular Genetics, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, ⁴The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, ⁵Microbiology, King's College London, London, England, Uk

1121

PGRP-S role in Jurkat apoptosis induced by Fusobacterium nucleatum
K. EVANS¹, M. RAPOZO-HILO², Y. RAVANDOUST¹, D. FRASER¹, C. HOOVER³, and T. HUYNH⁴, ¹University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Prevent. & Restor. Dental Sciences, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California - San Francisco, Forestville, CA, ⁴School of Denitstry, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

1122

PG0242 and the Cobalamin Biosynthesis Pathway in Porphyromonas gingivalis
A. BARRETT¹, P. RODRIGUES², M. BELANGER³, D. AKIN⁴, W. DUNN JR⁴, and A. PROGULSKE-FOX¹, ¹Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ²Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³University of Georgia, Athens, GA, ⁴Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

1123

Fusobacterium nucleatum autoaggregation as a mechanism of β-lactam antibiotic resistance
C. DE FONTNOUVELLE¹, L. MARTIN¹, and R. TELES², ¹Periodontology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA, ²Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA

1124

Miconazole Activity Against Candida Biofilms on Acrylic Discs
B. DOROCKA-BOBKOWSKA¹, S. GEBREMEDHIN², N. DÜZGÜNES², A. SZUMALA-KAKOL³, and K. KONOPKA², ¹Dept. of Prosthetic Dentistry, University of Medical Sciences - Poland, Poznan, Poland, ²Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, ³Department of Microbiology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

1125

Caenorhabditis elegans as Potential Virulence Model for Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Infections
V. DAHYA, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, A. PROGULSKE-FOX, Dept. of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, and J. MANS, Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

1126

Producing a pMHCII tetramer to detect Porphyromonas gingivalis-specific CD4⁺ T-cells
P. BITTNER-EDDY, M.E. YU, and M. COSTALONGA, Developmental & Surgical Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1127

Effects of PSP-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides on Enterococcus faecalis Conjugation
A. KROKE, S. GORR, and H. HIRT, Diagnostic and Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN

1128

Cranberry Fraction Induced Alteration of Periodontal Pathogen Lipopolyscacharide Functions
V.S. SANGHA, D. TIPTON, and J. BABU, Periodontics, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN

1129

Correlation between endotoxins and periapical periodontits
A.C.C. XAVIER¹, A. CHUNG¹, C.A.T. CARVALHO², L.D.D. OLIVEIRA², M.C. VALERA³, A.O.C. JORGE⁴, and L.E. MAEKAWA⁴, ¹Restorative Dentstry, Universidade Est. Paulista Julio Mesquita, Sao jose dos campos, Brazil, ²Universidade Est. Paulista Julio Mesquita, São José dos Campos, Brazil, ³UNESP, São José dos Campos, Brazil, ⁴Bioscience and Buccal Diagnosis, Universidade Est. Paulista Julio Mesquita, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil

1130

Click scaffolds for inhibition of P. gingivalis biofilm formation
C.M. LONER, Oral Health & Rehabilitation, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, F.A. LUZZIO, Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, and D. DEMUTH, Periodontics Endodontics & Dental Hygiene, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

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