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Identification of oral mitis group streptococci by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 1999
Rudney J D, Larson C J
Abstract excerpt
"Mitis group" streptococci are commensal but may play some role in dental caries, septicemia or endocarditis. Rapid genotypic identification would aid studies of dental plaque ecology, or diagnostic use. AP-PCR with 58 unpaired arbitrary primers was used to characterize 7 Streptococcus gordonii, 11 Streptococcus sanguis, 2 Streptococcus crista, 5 Streptococcus parasanguis, 18 Streptococcus oralis, and 36...
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