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Distribution of Bacteroides forsythus genotypes in a Japanese periodontitis population.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Aug 2003
Huang Y, Umeda M, Takeuchi Y, Ishizuka M, Yano-Higuchi K, Ishikawa I
Abstract excerpt
Bacteroides forsythus is an important pathogen in periodontal diseases and has been associated with advanced and refractory periodontitis. The difficulties associated with culturing this species have meant that the distribution and pathogenic mechanisms of B. forsythus remain unclear. In this study, the arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) method was used to investigate the genotype distribution...
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