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Original Articles

Prevalence of clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-like sequences in mitis-group streptococci

Y. MaedaNorthern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK;School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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C. E. GoldsmithNorthern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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W. A. CoulterSchool of Dentistry, Queen’s University of Belfast, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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C. MasonSchool of Dentistry, Queen’s University of Belfast, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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J. S. G. DooleySchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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C. J. LowerySchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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W.J. SnellingSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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L. MooreSchool of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 65-68 | Accepted 24 Dec 2010, Published online: 23 May 2016

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