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Genotypic comparison of bacteria recovered from human bite marks and teeth using arbitrarily primed PCR.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2005
Rahimi M, Heng N C K, Kieser J A, Tompkins G R
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AIMS: This study assessed, for forensic purposes, the feasibility of genotypically matching oral streptococci recovered from recent human bite marks with those from the teeth of the biter. METHODS AND RESULTS: Streptococci were isolated from the incisors of eight volunteers. Arbitrarily primed PCR (AP-PCR) distinguished 106 streptococcal genotypes among the participants, each harbouring at least eight distinct...
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