Similarity of Bacteriocin Activity Profiles of Mutans Streptococci within the Family When the Children Acquire the Strains after the age of 5

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 481-485

  Van Loveren, C ^a   Buijs, J F ^a   Ten Cate, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin activity; Mutans streptococci; Similarity within the family

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

AGE FACTORS; BACTERIOCINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0034322430     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016627     Document Type: Article

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