The diversity of periodontal spirochetes by 16S rRNA analysis

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 196-202

  Dewhirst, F E ^a,b   Tamer, M A ^a   Ericson, R E ^a   Lau, C N ^a   Levanos, V A ^a   Boches, S K ^a   Galvin, J L ^a   Paster, B J ^a,b  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Not yet cultivable; Periodontal diseases; Phylogeny; Spirochetes; Treponema

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLONE; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PERIODONTITIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SPIROCHETE; SUBGINGIVAL POCKET;

ADULT; CLONE CELLS; GINGIVITIS, NECROTIZING ULCERATIVE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREPONEMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034085760     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2000.150308.x     Document Type: Article

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