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Mutacins and bacteriocins like genes in Streptococcus mutans isolated from participants with high, moderate, and low

Carolina Soto1, Carlos Padilla1, Olga Lobos1

  • 1Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, Chile.

Archives of Oral Biology
|November 14, 2016
PubMed
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Keywords:
Bacteriocin likeMutacinsSalivary countStreptococcus mutans

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