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Assessment of clonality and serotypes of Streptococcus mutans among children by multilocus sequence typing.
European journal of oral sciences - 1 Dec 2015
Momeni Stephanie S, Whiddon Jennifer, Cheon Kyounga, Moser Stephen A, Childers Noel K
Abstract excerpt
Studies using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) have demonstrated that Streptococcus mutans isolates are genetically diverse. Our laboratory previously demonstrated clonality of S. mutans using MLST but could not discount the possibility of sampling bias. In this study, the clonality of randomly selected S. mutans plaque isolates from African-American children was examined using MLST. Serotype and the presence of...
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