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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Main Authors: Rosimeire Takaki Rosa, Marcelo Henrique Napimoga, José Francisco Höfling, Reginaldo Bruno Gonçalves, Edvaldo Antonio Ribeiro Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2006-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000100003