Evidence for recombination between a sialidase (nanH) of Actinomyces naeslundii and Actinomyces oris, previously named 'Actinomyces naeslundii genospecies 1 and 2'

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 156-162

  Do, Thuy ^b   Henssge, Uta ^b   Gilbert, Steven C ^b   Clark, Douglas ^b   Beighton, David ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Dental plaque; Sialidase

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ACTINOMYCES ORIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE SEQUENCE; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; NEURAMINIDASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 53849083460     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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