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. 1989 May;57(5):1380–1383. doi: 10.1128/iai.57.5.1380-1383.1989

Campylobacter-Wolinella group organisms are the only oral bacteria that form arylsulfatase-active colonies on a synthetic indicator medium.

C Wyss 1
PMCID: PMC313286  PMID: 2707850

Abstract

Most oral bacteria tested formed colonies on a chemically defined medium with a chromogenic arylsulfatase substrate. Arylsulfatase activity was, however, restricted to Campylobacter-Wolinella group organisms, including Wolinella recta, a possible periodontopathogen. W. recta was the only arylsulfatase-active species against which consistently high levels of antibody were detected in human sera.

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