Physiological and serological variation in Streptococcus mitis biovar 1 from the human oral cavity during the first year of life

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-99

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

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecology; Infants; Physiology; S. mitis; Saliva; Serology

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IGA SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; IGA-SPECIFIC SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL WALL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOUTH; PHENOTYPE; SALIVA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS;

EID: 33845191477     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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