The predominant cultivable Veillonella spp. of the tongue of healthy adults identified using rpoB sequencing

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-347

  Beighton, D ^a,b   Clark, D ^a   Hanakuka, B ^a   Gilbert, S ^a   Do, T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Normal flora; Tongue; Veillonella

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLOSSITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TONGUE; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 45149117675     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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