Comparative genomics between and : CAZymes and candidate virulence factors.

Introduction: The oral trichomonad is increasingly appreciated as a likely contributor to periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory disease induced by dysbiotic microbiota, in humans and domestic animals and is strongly associated with its worst prognosis. Our current understanding of the molecular basis of interactions with host cells and the microbiota of the oral cavity are still rather limited. One laboratory strain of T.