Tannerella forsythia

Tannerella forsythia is an anaerobic, Gram-negative bacterial species of the Bacteroidota phylum.

[1] T. forsythia was previously named Bacteroides forsythus and Tannerella forsythensis.

[2][3][4][5] Tannerella forsythia was discovered by and named after Anne Tanner, who works at The Forsyth Institute located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Lee et al. found that infecting mice with T. forsythia induced foam cell formation and accelerated the formation of atherosclerotic lesions.

[8] The presence of oral T. forsythia has been found to be associated with an increased risk of esophageal cancer.