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. 2018 Jul 18;12:483. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00483

Table 1.

Characteristics of major Gram-negative bacteria called the “red complex” in periodontitis.

Species Virulence factors Neuraminidases Related disease
Porphyromonas gingivalis Lipopolysaccharide
SerB protein
Gingipains
Hemagglutinin
Fimbriae
PG0352 Rheumatoid arthritis
Bacterial vaginosis

Tannerella forsythia BspA
Hemagglutinin
NanH (TF0035)
SiaH
Atherosclerosis
Bacterial vaginosis

Treponema denticola CfpA TDE0471 Bacterial vaginosis