Leptotrichia buccalis
{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}
{{italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name =Leptotrichia buccalis
| domain = Bacteria
| phylum = Fusobacteriota
| classis = Fusobacteriia
| ordo = Fusobacterales
| familia = Leptotrichiaceae
| genus = Leptotrichia
| species = L. buccalis
| binomial = Leptotrichia buccalis
| binomial_authority = Trevisan 1879
}}
Leptotrichia buccalis is an anaerobic, Gram-negative rod bacteria. It is a constituent of normal oral flora.
Morphology
Leptotrichia species are typically large, fusiform-shaped, non-sporulating, and non-motile rods.{{cite journal |last1=Bhally |first1=HS |last2=Lema |first2=C |last3=Romagnoli |first3=M |last4=Borek |first4=A |last5=Wakefield |first5=T |last6=Carroll |first6=KC |title=Leptotrichia buccalis bacteremia in two patients with acute myelogenous leukemia |journal=Anaerobe |year=2005 |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=350–3|doi=10.1016/j.anaerobe.2005.04.001 |pmid=16701598 }}
Pathology
Almost every case of severe infection with Leptotrichia buccalis reported in medical literature occurred in patients with neutropenia.{{cite journal|pmid=7001901|year=1980|last1=Morgenstein|first1=AA|last2=Citron|first2=DM|last3=Orisek|first3=B|last4=Finegold|first4=SM|title=Serious infection with Leptotrichia buccalis. Report of a case and review of the literature|volume=69|issue=5|pages=782–5|journal=The American Journal of Medicine|doi=10.1016/0002-9343(80)90452-0}}{{cite journal|pmid=2041949|year=1991|last1=Weinberger|first1=M|last2=Wu|first2=T|last3=Rubin|first3=M|last4=Gill|first4=VJ|last5=Pizzo|first5=PA|title=Leptotrichia buccalis bacteremia in patients with cancer: Report of four cases and review|volume=13|issue=2|pages=201–6|journal=Reviews of Infectious Diseases|doi=10.1093/clinids/13.2.201}}
References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=J. |last2=Pikis |first2=A. |title=Metabolism of sugars by genetically diverse species of oral Leptotrichia |journal=Molecular Oral Microbiology |date=February 2012 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=34–44 |doi=10.1111/j.2041-1014.2011.00627.x |pmc=3257818 |pmid=22230464}}
External links
- [http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=17860&submit=Search Type strain of Leptotrichia buccalis at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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