Defining the normal bacterial flora of the oral cavity

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5721-5732

  Aas, Jørn A ^a   Paster, Bruce J ^a,b   Stokes, Lauren N ^a   Olsen, Ingar ^a   Dewhirst, Floyd E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEEK MUCOSA; DENTAL CARIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GEMELLA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRANULICATELLA; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; TONGUE; TONSIL; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VEILLONELLA;

BACTERIA; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TONSIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEMELLA; GRANULICATELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 27744573022     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5721-5732.2005     Document Type: Article

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