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- Title
Comparative genomic analyses of Streptococcus mutans provide insights into chromosomal shuffling and species-specific content.
- Authors
Maruyama, Fumito; Kobata, Mitsuhiko; Kurokawa, Ken; Nishida, Keishin; Sakurai, Atsuo; Nakano, Kazuhiko; Nomura, Ryota; Kawabata, Shigetada; Ooshima, Takashi; Nakai, Kenta; Hattori, Masahira; Hamada, Shigeyuki; Nakagawa, Ichiro
- Abstract
Streptococcus mutans is the major pathogen of dental caries, and it occasionally causes infective endocarditis. While the pathogenicity of this species is distinct from other human pathogenic streptococci, the species-specific evolution of the genus Streptococcus and its genomic diversity are poorly understood.
- Publication
BMC genomics, 2009, Vol 10, p358
- ISSN
1471-2164
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2164-10-358