Mechanism of inhibition of acid production in Streptococcus mutans by sodium ions under strictly anaerobic conditions

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 178-182

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

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2',7' bis(carboxyethyl) 4 or 5 carboxyfluorescein (BCECF); Glycolysis; Glycolytic intermediate; Intracellular pH; Sodium ions; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031171810     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1997.tb00376.x     Document Type: Article

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