Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
3397842 | Clinical Microbiology and Infection | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
ABSTRACTUsing Streptococcus sinensis 16S rRNA-specific and groEL gene-specific primers, a 128-bp fragment of the 16S rRNA gene and a 433-bp fragment of the groEL gene were amplified from bacterial DNA recovered from 22 of 100 saliva samples from healthy volunteers. There was no nucleotide difference between the 88-bp 16S rRNA gene fragments from the 22 saliva samples and that of S. sinensis strain HKU4T, but there were zero to eight nucleotide differences between the 311-bp groEL gene fragments from the 22 samples and that of S. sinensis strain HKU4T. The oral cavity is the natural reservoir of S. sinensis.
Keywords
Related Topics
Life Sciences
Immunology and Microbiology
Microbiology
Authors
P.C.Y. Woo, J.L.L. Teng, S.N.Y. Tsang, C.W.S. Tse, S.K.P. Lau, K.-Y. Yuen,