Campylobacter-Wolinella group organisms are the only oral bacteria that form arylsulfatase-active colonies on a synthetic indicator medium.
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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Department of Oral Microbiology and General Immunology, Dental Institute of the University of Zürich, Switzerland.
D001192:Arylsulfatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000201:enzymology*; D003470:Culture Media; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D013429:Sulfatases / Q000378:metabolism*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D013429:Sulfatases; D001192:Arylsulfatases