Characterization of serologically nontypeable Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2019-2022

  Paju, Susanna ^a   Saarela, Maria ^a,b   Alaluusua, Satu ^a   Fives Taylor, Paula ^b   Asikainen, Sirkka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031809272     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.2019-2022.1998     Document Type: Article

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