Acid production from lactulose by dental plaque bacteria

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Moynihan, P J ^a   Ferrier, S ^a   Blomley, S ^a   Wright, W G ^a   Russell, R R B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PRODUCTION; ACIDOGENIC; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DENTAL PLAQUES; FINAL PH; INITIAL RATE; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTULOSE; REPRESENTATIVE STRAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACILLI;

ACID; LACTULOSE;

ARTICLE; FERMENTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; PH; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

EID: 0031713685     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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