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Differentiation of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus via genotypic and phenotypic profiles from three different populations.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 2001
Li Y, Caufield P W, Emanuelsson I R, Thornqvist E
Abstract excerpt
Routine identification of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus is generally based upon growth on various selective media, colony morphology and biochemical characteristics. We examined various approaches of differentiating these two species through a combination of the conventional phenotypic methodology with chromosomal DNA fingerprint (CDF) and arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR)...
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