Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Streptococcus sanguis in infants

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 235-242

  Pan, Y P ^a   Li, Y ^a   Caufield, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequence; AP PCR; Genotype; Phenotype; Streptococcus sanguis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOVAR; CHROMOSOME; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC STRAIN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOUTH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034958148     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2001.160407.x     Document Type: Article

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