Clonal characterization of Streptococcus mutans strains by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis Caracterização clonal de cepas de Streptococcus mutans por eletroforese de enzimas codificadas por multilocus
Twenty-one Streptococcus mutans strains were clustered by Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis (MLEE). Six isoenzymes showed strong infra-specific discriminatory power (M1P, MPI, PLP, NSP, GOT, and LAP). MLEE is a robust technique that may be used to explore clonal diversity of S. mutans isolates in ep...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2006-03-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000100003 |