Comparative Analysis of Salivary Bacterial Microbiome Diversity in Edentulous Infants and Their Mothers or Primary Care Givers Using Pyrosequencing

Kimberly D. Cephas; Juhee Kim; Rose Ann Mathai; Kathleen A. Barry; Scot E. Dowd; Brandon S. Meline; Kelly S. Swanson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023503

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Comparative Analysis of Salivary Bacterial Microbiome Diversity in Edentulous Infants and Their Mothers or Primary Care Givers Using Pyrosequencing

Kimberly D. Cephas,

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Juhee Kim,

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Rose Ann Mathai,

Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Kathleen A. Barry,

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Scot E. Dowd,

Affiliation Research and Testing Laboratory and Medical Biofilm Research Institute, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
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Brandon S. Meline,

Affiliation Department of Maternal and Child Health, Champaign-Urbana Public Health District, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
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Kelly S. Swanson

* E-mail: ksswanso@illinois.edu

Affiliations Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Comparative Analysis of Salivary Bacterial Microbiome Diversity in Edentulous Infants and Their Mothers or Primary Care Givers Using Pyrosequencing

Kimberly D. Cephas,
Juhee Kim,
Rose Ann Mathai,
Kathleen A. Barry,
Scot E. Dowd,
Brandon S. Meline,
Kelly S. Swanson

Published: August 10, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023503

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