Phenotypic and genotypic analyses of clinical Fusobacterium nucleatum and Fusobacterium periodonticum isolates from the human gut

Anaerobe

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 301-309

  Strauss, Jaclyn ^a   White, Aaron ^b   Ambrose, Christian ^a   McDonald, Julie ^a   Allen Vercoe, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DGGE; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Fusobacterium periodonticum; Gut; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; FUSOBACTERIUM PERIODONTICUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FUSOBACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; FUSOBACTERIUM PERIODONTICUM; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 60149113101     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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