Identification of a transposon variant of Porphyromonas gingivalis expressing long Mfa1 fimbriae due to mfa2 inactivation
D83T3 is a transposon insertion variant that releases abnormally long Mfa1 fimbriae extracellularly due to mfa2 inactivation. Our study's findings offer new insights, and analysis of the mfa1-mfa2 gene structure can complement mfa1 genotyping for the classification of P. gingivalis.
Authors
- Yoshikazu Naiki
- Tomohiko Iwase
- Hiroyuki Nawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7986-8229)
- Kotaro Sakae
- Yoshiaki Hasegawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8109-4904)
- Kiyoshi Nishikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3851-8472)
- Makoto Hirohata
- Naoyoshi Miwa
- Miyuna Fujimoto
Institutions
- Aichi Gakuin University (JP)
- Nagoya Gakuin University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Oral Biosciences
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.job.2025.100677
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.93