Occurrence of lipoteichoic acid in oral streptococci

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-66

  Hogg, Stephen D ^a   Whiley, Robert A ^b   De Soet, Johannes J ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS;

EID: 0031031057     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-62     Document Type: Article

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