Treponema maltophilum sp. nov., a small oral spirochete isolated from human periodontal lesions

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 745-752

  Wyss, C ^a,c   Choi, B K ^b   Schupbach P ^a   Guggenheim, B ^a   Gobel U B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Inst Oral Microbiol Gen Immunol   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; ALPHA LEVO FUCOSIDASE; ARABINOSE; ASIALOFETUIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; FUCOSE; MALTOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; RHAMNOSE; RIBOSE; RIBOSOME RNA; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA;

EID: 0029680301     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-3-745     Document Type: Article

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