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Assessment of two multilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemes available for Streptococcus mutans.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Dec 2015
Momeni Stephanie S, Whiddon Jennifer, Cheon Kyounga, Moser Stephen A, Childers Noel K
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OBJECTIVE: Two multilocus sequencing typing (MLST) schemes are currently available for Streptococcus mutans. The first, introduced by Nakano et al. in 2007, consists of 8 conserved housekeeping genes. The second, introduced in 2010 by Do et al., includes 6 housekeeping genes and 2 putative virulence genes. The purpose of the current study was to compare the two MLST schemes for use in validating repetitive...
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