Assessment of intraradicular bacterial composition by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Saito, D ^a   Marsh, T L ^b   De Souza Cannavan, F ^c   Hofling J F ^a   Goncalves R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal DNA; Bacteria; Community structure; Endodontic infection; Root canal; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; ENDONUCLEASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GENOMIC DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SYMPTOM; TOOTH; TOOTH INFECTION; TOOTH PAIN; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ACTINOMYCES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER SPUTORUM; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HPAII; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVOTELLA; SELENOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VEILLONELLA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949201027     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2009.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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