Open AccessDetection and characterization of Streptococcus downei, a rare bacterial species of mutans streptococci from caries-active patients
Author(s) -
Hamzah Abdulrahman Salman,
R Senthilkumar,
Bassam Shaker Mahmood,
Khalid Imran
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_400_17
Subject(s) - ampicillin , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiogram , penicillin , erythromycin , 16s ribosomal rna , streptococcus mutans , group b , biology , minimum inhibitory concentration , antibiotics , medicine , bacteria , antibiotic resistance , genetics
The oral bacteria, mutans streptococci (MS), are an etiological agent of dental caries. Of MS, Streptococcus downei are rarely isolated bacteria.