Presence of bacteriophage AaΦ23 correlates with the population genetic structure of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-8

  Haubek, Dorte ^a   Willi, Karin ^b   Poulsen, Knud ^a   Meyer, Jürg ^b   Kilian, Mogens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Bacteriophage; Periodontal disease; Population structure; Serotype

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ABSCESS; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; LYSOGENIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; SEROTYPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOOTH PLAQUE; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ABSCESS; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; LYSOGENY; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0031063406     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1997.tb00173.x     Document Type: Article

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