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SUBMITTER: Nakano K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1951271 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakano Kazuhiko K Lapirattanakul Jinthana J Nomura Ryota R Nemoto Hirotoshi H Alaluusua Satu S Grönroos Lisa L Vaara Martti M Hamada Shigeyuki S Ooshima Takashi T Nakagawa Ichiro I
Journal of clinical microbiology 20070613 8
Streptococcus mutans is the major pathogen of dental caries, a biofilm-dependent infectious disease, and occasionally causes infective endocarditis. S. mutans strains have been classified into four serotypes (c, e, f, and k). However, little is known about the S. mutans population, including the clonal relationships among strains of S. mutans, in relation to the particular clones that cause systemic diseases. To address this issue, we have developed a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for ...[more]