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Physiological alterations of a Fusobacterium nucleatum strain exposed to oxidative stress.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jul 2007
da Silva V L, Diniz C G, dos Santos S G, Gomes R M F, Nicoli J R, Magalhães P P, Mendes E N, de Carvalho M A R, Farias L M
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AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of oxidative stress on physiological and genetic characteristics of Fusobacterium nucleatum and its interference on this microbial identification methods. METHODS AND RESULTS: Fus. nucleatum ssp. nucleatum ATCC 25586 (wt-strain) and an oxidative-stress-adapted strain derived from the wt-strain (aero-strain) were employed in the study. Cell-free crude...
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