Leukotoxic activity of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans isolated from human and non-human primates

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 250-256

  De Lima, Francisca Lúcia ^a,b   De Farias, Flávio Furtado ^b   Campos, Patrícia Cota ^b   Totola, Antônio Helvécio ^b   Tavares, Carlos Alberto Pereira ^b   Da Costa, José Eustáquio ^b   Farias, Luiz De Mácêdo ^b   Roque De Carvalho, Maria Auxiliadora ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Chemiluminescence assay; Leukotoxic activity; Periodontopathogen

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; MARMOSETS; NEGIBACTERIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 12244294250     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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