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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3082-3085, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00771-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Similarity of Bacterial Populations in Saliva from African-American Mother-Child Dyads{triangledown}

Yihong Li,1* Amid I. Ismail,2 Yao Ge,1,{dagger} Marisol Tellez,2,{ddagger} and Woosung Sohn2

Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York 10010,1 Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences, and Endodontics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Michigan 481092

Received 10 April 2007/ Returned for modification 20 May 2007/ Accepted 12 June 2007

Using PCR-based denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analyses of oral bacterial samples in 20 mother-child dyads, this study demonstrated a high degree of similarity of bacterial compositions between the mothers and their children; the two may share as much as 94% of their oral bacterial spectra, including cariogenic species.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Basic Science and Craniofacial Biology, New York University College of Dentistry, 345 E. 24th St., New York, NY 10010. Phone: (212) 998-9607. Fax: (212) 995-4087. E-mail: yihong.li{at}nyu.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 18 July 2007.

{dagger} Present address: Peking University School of Stomatology, Beijing, People's Republic of China 100081.

{ddagger} Present address: Facultad de Odontologia Universidad El Bosque, Cra. 7B Bis no. 132-11, Colombia.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2007, p. 3082-3085, Vol. 45, No. 9
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00771-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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