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Streptococcus mutans clonal variation revealed by multilocus sequence typing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2007
Nakano Kazuhiko, Lapirattanakul Jinthana, Nomura Ryota, Nemoto Hirotoshi, Alaluusua Satu, Grönroos Lisa, Vaara Martti, Hamada Shigeyuki, Ooshima Takashi, Nakagawa Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus mutans is the major pathogen of dental caries, a biofilm-dependent infectious disease, and occasionally causes infective endocarditis. S. mutans strains have been classified into four serotypes (c, e, f, and k). However, little is known about the S. mutans population, including the clonal relationships among strains of S. mutans, in relation to the particular clones that cause systemic diseases. To...
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