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Diversity of Veillonella spp. from subgingival plaque by polyphasic approach.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Mar 2010
Leuckfeld Inga, Paster Bruce J, Kristoffersen Anne K, Olsen Ingar
Abstract excerpt
In a biofilm such as the subgingival microflora, strain-specific properties or factors induced by the host may impart a survival advantage to some bacterial strains. Periodontal disease has been associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and we previously found high amounts of V...
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