Treponema medium sp. nov., isolated from human subgingival dental plaque

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Umemoto, Toshihiko ^a   Nakazawa, Futoshi ^b   Hoshino, Etsuro ^b   Okada, Keiji ^c   Fukunaga, Masahito ^c   Namikawa, Isamu ^a  

^a ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANOSINE; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA MEDIUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PHAGEDENIS; TREPONEMA SOCRANSKII; TREPONEMA VINCENTII;

EID: 0031031698     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-67     Document Type: Article

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