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. 2020 Aug 2;9(8):2484. doi: 10.3390/jcm9082484

Table 2.

Bacterial producers of volatile sulfur compounds (VSC) [30,96].

Chemical Compound Bacteria
Hydrogen sulfide from L-cysteine Bacteroides intermedius, Bacteroides spp., Capnocytophaga ochracea, Centipeda periodontii, Eikenella corrodens, Eubacterium brachy, E. limosum, Eubacterium spp., Fusobacterium alocis, F. nucleatum, F. periodonticum, F. sulei, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, P. micros, P. prevotii, Porphyromonas endodontalis, Propionibacterium propionicum, Selenomonas artemidis, S. dianae, S. flueggei, S. infelix, S. noxia, S. sputigena, Tannerella forsythia, Veillonella dispar, V. parvula
Methyl mercaptan from L-methionine Bacteroides spp., Eubacterium spp., F. nucleatum, F. periodonticum, Porphyromonas endodontalis
Hydrogen sulfide from serum Bacteroides gracilis, B. intermedius, B. loescheii, B. oralis, Eubacterium lentum, Eubacterium spp., F. nucleatum, Mitsuokella dentalis, Peptostreptococcus magnus, P. micros, P. prevotii, P. propionicum, Porphyromonas gingivalis, T. forsythia, Treponema denticola, V. parvula
Methyl mercaptan from serum P. endodontalis, P. gingivalis, T. denticola