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. 1981 Jun;32(3):1295–1297. doi: 10.1128/iai.32.3.1295-1297.1981

Genetic Transformation of Streptococcus mutans

Dennis Perry 1, Howard K Kuramitsu 1
PMCID: PMC351592  PMID: 7251168

Abstract

Three strains of Streptococcus mutans belonging to serotypes a, c, and f were transformed to streptomycin resistance by deoxyribonucleic acids derived from homologous and heterologous streptomycin-resistant strains of S. mutans and Streptococcus sanguis strain Challis. Homologous transformation of S. mutans was less efficient than heterologous transformation by deoxyribonucleic acids from other strains of S. mutans.

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