Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens serotypes, ribotypes and binding characteristics

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-95

  Dahlén, Gunnar G ^a   Johnson, Jolene R ^b   Gmür, Rudolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coaggregation; Hemagglutination; Monoclonal antibody; Prevotella intermedia; Prevotella nigrescens; RibosomaI RNA gene restriction analysis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPE;

ACTINOMYCES; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PREVOTELLA NIGRESCENS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029978531     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00095-X     Document Type: Article

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