Taxonomic changes of bacteria associated with endodontic infections.
There have been major recent reorganizations among bacterial taxa as a result of phylogenetic taxonomic approaches. As a consequence, old species have been renamed and novel species have been proposed. The introduction of molecular technology for microbial identification has also allowed the detection of microbial taxa never previously found in endodontic infections. Therefore, the list of putative endodontic pathogens is frequently changing and expanding. The purpose of this review is twofold: to cover the taxonomic changes that the major putative endodontic pathogens have undergone in the recent years and to compile data from studies regarding the detection of known or novel bacterial species that had been only recently reported to occur in endodontic infections.
Siqueira
José F
JF
Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. siqueira@estacio.br
D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000145:classification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000382:microbiology*; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D004269:DNA, Bacterial