Analysis of pH-Driven Disruption of Oral Microbial Communities in vitro

Caries Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 456-462

  Bradshaw, D J ^a   Marsh, P D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Community; Dental caries; Dental plaque microbiology; Growth pH; Microbial ecology; Mixed culture

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL CARIES; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA; PH; PREVOTELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; VEILLONELLA;

BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; NEISSERIA; PREVOTELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; VEILLONELLA;

EID: 0031610167     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016487     Document Type: Article

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