About the Authors

Sirkka Asikainen

sirkka.asikainen@odont.umu.se

Current address: Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait

Affiliation Section of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Başak Doğan

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

Zeynep Turgut

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

Bruce J. Paster

Affiliations Department of Molecular Genetics, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aysen Bodur

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

Jan Oscarsson

Affiliation Section of Oral Microbiology, Institute of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEA. Analyzed the data: SEA BD AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZT BP JO. Wrote the paper: SEA BD BP AB JO.