TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of Streptococcus sanguis Isolated from Patients with Behçet’s Disease
AU - Yokota, Kenji
AU - Hirai, Yoshikazu
AU - Oguma, Keiji
AU - Hayashi, Shynji
AU - Fujii, Nobuhiro
AU - Araki, Yoshio
AU - Isogai, Emiko
AU - Kotake, Satoshi
AU - Yoshikawa, Kouji
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - The DNA homology and cell wall sugar constituents of eight Streptococcus sanguis{-like) strains, three isolated from the patients with Behçet’s disease (BD114-23, BD113-20, BD118-1), two from patients with Kawasaki disease (MCLS-1, MCLS-2), and three type and reference strains of ATCC (ATCC10556T: S. sanguis, ATCC10557: S. oralis, and ATCC10558: S. gordonii) were analyzed. Strains BD114-23 and BD118-1 showed high DNA homology to ATCC10556, and their cell wall constituents were identical. Conversely, BD113-20, MCLS-1, MCLS-2, and ATCC10557 showed little DNA homology to ATCC10556 and ATCC10558T, but showed approximately 50 to 60% homology to each other. The cell wall constituents of BD113-20, MCLS-1, MCLS-2, and ATCC10557, however, were somewhat different, indicating that some of the clinical isolates have different characters from those of the three ATCC strains.
AB - The DNA homology and cell wall sugar constituents of eight Streptococcus sanguis{-like) strains, three isolated from the patients with Behçet’s disease (BD114-23, BD113-20, BD118-1), two from patients with Kawasaki disease (MCLS-1, MCLS-2), and three type and reference strains of ATCC (ATCC10556T: S. sanguis, ATCC10557: S. oralis, and ATCC10558: S. gordonii) were analyzed. Strains BD114-23 and BD118-1 showed high DNA homology to ATCC10556, and their cell wall constituents were identical. Conversely, BD113-20, MCLS-1, MCLS-2, and ATCC10557 showed little DNA homology to ATCC10556 and ATCC10558T, but showed approximately 50 to 60% homology to each other. The cell wall constituents of BD113-20, MCLS-1, MCLS-2, and ATCC10557, however, were somewhat different, indicating that some of the clinical isolates have different characters from those of the three ATCC strains.
KW - Cell wall constituents
KW - DNA-DNA hybridization
KW - Streptococcus sanguis
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb03249.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb03249.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8577288
AN - SCOPUS:0029163075
SN - 0385-5600
VL - 39
SP - 729
EP - 732
JO - Microbiology and Immunology
JF - Microbiology and Immunology
IS - 9
ER -