Ribotype diversity of Actinomyces with similar intraoral tropism but different types of N-acetyl-β-D-galactosamine binding specificity

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 188-192

  Hallberg, K ^a   Holm, C ^a   Hammarstrom K J ^a,b   Kalfas, S ^a   Stromberg N ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Adherence; DNA fingerprinting; Ribotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032101872     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1998.tb00731.x     Document Type: Article

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