| Journal: | Brazilian archives of biology and technology |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000365565 |
| ISSN: | 1516-8913 |
| Authors: | Braga, Miula Portelinha1 Piovesan, Augusta1 Valarini, Natalia1 Maciel, Sandra Mara1 Andrade, Flaviana Bombarda de2 Poli-Frederico, Regina Celia1 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Norte do Parana, Londrina, Parana. Brasil 2Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Bauru, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Season: | Mar-Abr |
| Volumen: | 56 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 241-248 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, aplicado |
| English abstract | The objective of this study was to analyze the genotypic diversity, frequency of serotypes and the detection of mutacins from Streptococcus mutans isolates in caries-free and caries-active individuals.A total of 260 S. mutans isolated from 28 individuals with and without dental caries were subjected to AP-PCR and PCR screening of glucosyltransferase B, mutacin and serotype genes, which showed the presence of. 70 different genotypes. There was no statistically significant association between the presence of genes for serotypes and mutacins with dental caries. However, there was a statistically significant and a strong association between the higher genotypic diversity in the subjects with caries (r = 0.72, p = 0.001). There was an increase in the number of genotypes with increasing age (p <0.01) |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Microbiología, Odontología, Caries, Serotipos, Variabilidad genética, Factores de virulencia, Mutacina, Streptococcus mutans |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Dentistry, Microbiology, Caries, Serotypes, Genetic variability, Virulence factors, Mutacin, Streptococcus mutans |
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