| Isolation | 
					Child with active caries, 1982
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					Quivey RG Jr., et al. Acid adaptation in Streptococcus mutans UA159 alleviates sensitization to environmental stress due to RecA deficiency. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 126: 257-261, 1995. PubMed: 7729669
				 
					Tao L, et al. Transformation efficiency of EMS-induced mutants of Streptococcus mutans of altered cell shape. J. Dent. Res. 72: 1032-1039, 1993. PubMed: 8496476
				 
					Wexler DL, et al. Characteristics and cariogenicity of a fructanase-defective Streptococcus mutants strain. Infect. Immun. 60: 3673-3681, 1992. PubMed: 1500176
				 
					Murchison HH, et al. Transformation of Streptococcus mutans with chromosomal and shuttle plasmid (pYA629) DNAs. Infect. Immun. 54: 273-282, 1986. PubMed: 3021626
				 
					Ajdic D, et al. Genome sequence of Streptococcus mutans UA159, a cariogenic dental pathogen.. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99: 14434-14439, 2002. PubMed: 12397186
				 
					Page W Caufield, personal communication
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			| Cross References | 
					Nucleotide (GenBank) : AE014133 Streptococcus mutans UA159, complete genome.
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