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Slackia exiguaRANK: SpeciesTAXONOMY: Terrabacteria group -> Actinobacteria -> Coriobacteriia -> Eggerthellales -> Eggerthellaceae -> Slackia -> Slackia exigua OVERVIEW: Has been isolated by at least 3 groups of investigatorsFound in most subjects with periodontitis by DNA hybridization (Wade, unpublished)Adult periodontitis [5]Necrotic pulps [10]Dentoalveolar abscesses [1]Identified as a constituent of the oral microbiome by Human Oral Microbiome Database. This species has been identified as a resident in the human gastrointestinal tract based on the phylogenetic framework of its small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences.[PMC 4262072] |