Effect of sodium and potassium ions on intracellular pH and proton excretion in glycolyzing cells of Streptococcus mutans NCTC 10449 under strictly anaerobic conditions

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-81

  Iwami, Y ^a   Guha Chowdhury, N ^a   Yamada, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycolysis; Intracellular pH; Potassium ion; Sodium ion; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031126264     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00621.x     Document Type: Article

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