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Culture-Independent Identification of Periodontitis-Associated Porphyromonas and Tannerella Populations by Targeted Molecular Analysis
1 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
Periodontitis is the commonest bacterial disease of humans and is the major cause of adult tooth loss. About half of the oral microflora is unculturable; and 16S rRNA PCR, cloning, and sequencing techniques have demonstrated the high level of species richness of the oral microflora. In the present study, a PCR primer set specific for the genera Porphyromonas and Tannerella was designed and used to analyze the...
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