Characterization of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens by enzyme production, restriction endonuclease and ribosomal RNA gene restriction analyses

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Pearce, M A ^a   Dixon, R A ^a   Gharbia, S E ^b   Shah, H N ^b   Devine, D A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enzyme electrophoresis; lipase production; Prevotella intermedia; Prevotella nigrescens; restriction endonuclease analysis; ribotyping; species identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030175148     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00348.x     Document Type: Article

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