Distribution of Streptococcus mitis biovar 1 phenotypes on shedding and non-shedding oral surfaces of human infants during the first year of life

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 138-145

  Kirchherr, Jennifer L ^a   Bowden, George H ^b   Richmond, Dorothy A ^a   Sheridan, Michael J ^c   Wirth, Katherine A ^a   Cole, Michael F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

amylase; IgA1 protease; Infants; Mouth; Neuraminidase; S. mitis biovar 1

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEINASE; SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTYPE; CHEEK MUCOSA; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; TONGUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 29244434101     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: 16512235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08910600500433015     Document Type: Article

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