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Survival of oral bacteria.
Critical reviews in oral biology and medicine : an official publication of the American Association of Oral Biologists - 1 Jan 1998
Bowden G H, Hamilton I R
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The global distribution of individual species of oral bacteria demonstrates their ability to survive among their human hosts. Such an ubiquitous existence is the result of efficient transmission of strains and their persistence in the oral environment. Genetic analysis has identified specific clones of pathogenic bacteria causing infection. Presumably, these express virulence-associated characteristics enhancing...
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