Genetic diversity of oral Fusobacterium nucleatum isolated from patients with different clinical conditions

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-63

  Avila Campos, Mario J ^a   Rivera, Irma N ^a   Nakano, Viviane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Periodontal disease; Periodontopathogens; Ribotyping

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PHENOTYPE; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 33646679632     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000200001     Document Type: Article

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