Primary Recipient

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

Amount

$421,375.00

Award Date

9/17/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, is a recognized periodontopathogen. Although this pathogen mainly inhabits periodontal pockets it also is present in other niches of the oral cavity enroute to the periodontal pockets such as

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY	Primary recipient	$339,307.00
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA	Sub-recipient	$82,068.00