Differentiation of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus via genotypic and phenotypic profiles from three different populations

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-23

  Li, Y ^a   Caufield, P W ^a   Redmo Emanuelsson, I ^b   Thornqvist, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AP PCR; DNA fingerprint; S. mutans; S. sobrinus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC STRAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIFICITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOSINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GUANINE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0035132936     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2001.160103.x     Document Type: Article

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