Identification of seven Treponema species in health- and disease- associated dental plaque by nested PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 867-869

  Willis, S G ^a   Smith, K S ^a   Dunn, V L ^a   Gapter, L A ^a,b   Riviere, K H ^a   Riviere, G R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPIROCHETE; TOOTH PLAQUE; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA AMYLOVORUM; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; TREPONEMA MALTOPHILUM; TREPONEMA MEDIUM; TREPONEMA PECTINOVORUM; TREPONEMA SOCRANSKII; TREPONEMA VINCENTII;

EID: 0033062551     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.867-869.1999     Document Type: Article

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