Article
Genetic diversity within isolates of mutans streptococci recognized by an rRNA gene probe.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 1993
Saarela M, Alaluusua S, Takei T, Asikainen S
Abstract excerpt
A total of 79 clinical isolates of mutans streptococci and five laboratory strains representing serotypes c, d, e, f, and g were genotyped by a nonradioactive hybridization method with the rrnB rRNA operon of the Escherichia coli chromosome as a probe. The hybridization patterns of chromosomal DNA fragments obtained by digestion with restriction endonucleases HindIII, SmaI, and BamHI revealed genotypic...
Topics
- Escherichia coli
- Evaluation Studies as Topic
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- RNA Probes
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Ribosomal
- Saliva
- Streptococcus mutans
