Regulation of Recombination between gtfB/gtfC Genes in Streptococcus mutans by Recombinase A

Table 1

Strains used in this study.

Strain	Sero type	Colony morphology	Characteristic	Reference
MT8148	c	Rough	Oral isolate from Japanese child	[14]
RRA1	c	Smooth	Mutant of MT8148 isolated in presence; of rRecA in culture medium	This study
SP2	c	Smooth	GTFBC fusion strain, S. mutans colonization-; defective mutant recombination between; gtfB and gtfC genes	[8]
NN2051	c	Smooth	GTFBC fusion strain, isolated from; 10-year-old girl	[15]
NN2143	e	smooth	GTFBC fusion strain, isolated from; 15-year-old girl	[15]
NN2147	c	smooth	GTFBC fusion strain, isolated from; 10-year-old girl	[15]