Detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis +B

摘要

The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising P. gingivalis specific oligonucleotides which are useful as primers to amplify particular regions of the genome of P. gingivalis during enzymatic nucleic acid amplification. The invention also provides a method for the detection of P. gingivalis, which may be present in a clinical specimen, using the P. gingivalis-specific primers and enzymatic nucleic acid amplification. The present invention also relates to P. gingivalis-specific oligonucleotides which are useful as probes to facilitate detection of the amplified regions of P. gingivalis DNA.