Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans serotype f O-polysaccharide mediates coaggregation with Fusobacterium nucleatum

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-130

  Rupani, D ^a   Izano, E A ^a   Schreiner, H C ^a   Fine, D H ^a   Kaplan, J B ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Ethidium bromide; Rough colony; Smooth colony

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; O POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEROTYPE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DENTAL PLAQUE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; QUORUM SENSING; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39049141175     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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