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Monitoring the prevalence of viable and dead cariogenic bacteria in oral specimens and in vitro biofilms by qPCR combined with propidium monoazide

BACKGROUND: Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus are associated with the development of dental caries in humans. However, previous diagnostic systems are unsuitable for monitoring viable cell numbers in oral specimens. Assessing the relationship between the numbers of viable and dead bact...

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Autores principales: Yasunaga, Ai, Yoshida, Akihiro, Morikawa, Kazumasa, Maki, Kenshi, Nakamura, Suguru, Soh, Inho, Awano, Shuji, Ansai, Toshihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3717283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23848601
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-157