Veillonella parvula

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Veillonella parvula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Clostridiales
Family:
Veillonellaceae
Genus:
Veillonella
Species:
V. parvula
Binomial name
Veillonella parvula
(Veillon and Zuber 1898) Prévot 1933[1]

Veillonella parvula is a bacterium in the genus Veillonella. It is a normal part of the oral flora[2] but can be associated with diseases such as periodontitis and dental caries as well as various systemic infections.[3] It has also been isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis[4] and has been associated with hypertension together with Campylobacter rectus and Prevotella melaninogenica.[5]

Veillonella parvula is unable to feed on carbohydrates, but can feed on lactate provided by Streptococcus species also found in the oral cavity.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Parte, A.C. "Veillonella". LPSN.
  2. ^ Marsh P, Martin M. Oral Microbiology: 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd.
  3. ^ Marriott D, Stark D, Harkness J (February 2007). "Veillonella parvula discitis and secondary bacteremia: a rare infection complicating endoscopy and colonoscopy?". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 45 (2): 672–674. doi:10.1128/JCM.01633-06. PMC 1829049. PMID 17108070.
  4. ^ Africa, Charlene; Nel, Janske; Stemmet, Megan (2014). "Anaerobes and Bacterial Vaginosis in Pregnancy: Virulence Factors Contributing to Vaginal Colonisation". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11 (7): 6979–7000. doi:10.3390/ijerph110706979. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 4113856. PMID 25014248.
  5. ^ Pietropaoli, Davide; Del Pinto, Rita; Ferri, Claudio; Ortu, Eleonora; Monaco, Annalisa (August 2019). "Definition of hypertension-associated oral pathogens in NHANES". Journal of Periodontology. 90 (8): 866–876. doi:10.1002/JPER.19-0046. ISSN 1943-3670. PMID 31090063. S2CID 155089995.
  6. ^ Megrian D, Taib N, Witwinowski J, Gribaldo S (2020). "One or two membranes? Diderm Firmicutes challenge the Gram-positive/Gram-negative divide". Molecular Microbiology. 113 (3): 659–671. doi:10.1111/mmi.14469. PMID 31975449.

Further reading[]

Mashima, I.; Nakazawa, F. (August 2014). "The influence of oral Veillonella species on biofilms formed by Streptococcus species". Anaerobe. 28: 54–61. doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.05.003. PMID 24862495.

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