Phenotypic variation in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans during laboratory growth: Implications for virulence

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1335-1347

  Fine, Daniel H ^a   Furgang, David ^a   Schreiner, Helen C ^a   Goncharoff, Paul ^a   Charlesworth, Jon ^c   Ghazwan, Ghazi ^b   Fitzgerald Bocarsly, Patricia ^a   Figurski, David H ^d  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. actinomycetemcomitans; Clinical isolate; Phenotype; Virulence

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYAPATITE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033046045     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-6-1335     Document Type: Article

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