Peroxidase Reaction as a Parameter for Discrimination of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus

Caries Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 258-264

  Rupf, S ^b   Merte, K ^b   Eschrich, K ^b   Stosser L ^b   Kneist, Susanne ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Membrane fatty acid spectra; Peroxidase; Polymerase chain reaction; Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sobrinus

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FATTY ACID; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MEMBRANE LIPID; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CULTURE MEDIA; DENTAL PLAQUE; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FATTY ACIDS; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0035406738     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047467     Document Type: Article

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