Evolutionary relationships among salivarius streptococci as inferred from multilocus phylogenies based on 16S rRNA-encoding, recA, secA, and secY gene sequences

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Streptococci are divided into six phylogenetic groups, <it>i.e</it>, anginosus, bovis, mitis, mutans, pyogenic, and salivarius, with the salivarius group consisting of only three distinct species. Two of these species, &l...

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Main Authors: Boissinot Maurice, Sistek Viridiana, Pombert Jean-François, Frenette Michel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/232