Degradation of arginine by Slackia exigua ATCC 700122 and Cryptobacterium curtum ATCC 700683

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 381-384

  Uematsu, H ^a   Sato, N ^a   Djais, A ^a   Hoshino, E ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine; Arginine deiminase pathway; Cryptobacterium curtum; Slackia exigua

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CARBAMATE KINASE; CITRULLINE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOBACTERIUM CURTUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SLACKIA EXIGUA; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

AMMONIA; ARGININE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRULLINE; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; EUBACTERIUM; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; ORNITHINE; PERIODONTAL POCKET;

EID: 33750299163     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2006.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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