The oral cavity as a natural reservoir for Streptococcus sinensis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1075-1079

  Woo, P C Y ^a,b   Teng, J L L ^b   Tsang, S N Y ^b,c   Tse, C W S ^c   Lau, S K P ^a,b   Yuen, K Y ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

16S rRNA, groEL; Oral cavity; Reservoir; Streptococcus sinensis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SINENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS SINENSIS;

EID: 56849125152     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02083.x     Document Type: Article

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