Project name: Porphyromonas gingivalis JCVI SC001

Description: P. gingivalis is a periodontal pathogen involved with periodontal bone loss and has also received much attention due to its association with cardiovascular diseases. This is the first report of a human pathogen sequenced from a single cell captured from an environmental sample outside of the human host.

Data type: Genome sequencing and assembly

Sample scope: Monoisolate

Relevance: Medical

Release date: 2013-04-23

Last updated: 2012-05-30