title: Clonal diversity of oral Eikenella corrodens within individual subjects by arbitrarily primed PCR.
abstract: The genetic diversity of 205 Eikenella corrodens isolates recovered from dental plaque, mucosal surfaces, and saliva of 24 subjects was examined by arbitrarily primed PCR. Twenty-two subjects were colonized by multiple clones (range, two to eight; mean, 3.7). This study demonstrates the utility of arbitrarily primed PCR for clonal analysis of E. corrodens and the multiclonal colonization of E. corrodens in the oral cavity.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontology, Los Angeles 90089, USA. cochcn@hsc.usc.edu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ashimoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D010520:Aggressive Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002648:Child; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D016124:Eikenella corrodens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers