Human oral microbial consortium associated with periodontitis attenuates inflammatory symptoms of ulcerative colitis in mice.
Fecal microbiota of dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis model mice. Mice were treated with 10 mixed periodontopathic bacteria; Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyeomonas gingivalis, Filifactor alocis, Tannerella forsythia, Porphyromonas endodontalis, Parvimonas micra, Prevotella denticola, Prevotella intermedia, Eubacterium brachy, and Prevortella tannerae. Ten mixed bacteria-administered groups (10-mix) and a control group were registered.