Selenomonas noxia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Negativicutes |
Order: | Selenomonadales |
Family: | Selenomonadaceae |
Genus: | Selenomonas |
Species: | S. noxia
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Binomial name | |
Selenomonas noxia Moore et al. 1987[1]
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Selenomonas noxia is gram-negative crescent-shaped bacteria included in the genus Selenomonas. Its increase is associated with periodontitis, especially its onset, as well as predominant in 98% of obese women in one study,[2] but also is present in modest amounts in healthy gum tissue.