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Colonization and persistence of rough and smooth colony variants of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans in the mouths of rats.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Nov 2001
Fine D H, Goncharoff P, Schreiner H, Chang K M, Furgang D, Figurski D
Abstract excerpt
Fresh isolates of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Aa) bind avidly to surfaces in vitro, but existing in vivo studies of the adherence of Aa are limited. This study had two goals: (1) to compare the oral colonization of two isogenic strains of Aa-CU1010, a clinical isolate that expresses the adherent phenotype, and CU1012, a minimally adherent laboratory variant-and (2) to check for phenotypic reversion of...
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