Structural studies of microcosm dental plaques grown under different nutritional conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-218

  Pratten, Jonathan ^a   Andrews, Christopher S ^b   Craig, Duncan Q M ^b   Wilson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Microcosm dental plaque; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; CATTLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENAMEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; TOOTH PLAQUE;

BIOFILMS; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOUTH; SALIVA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034663984     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00287-1     Document Type: Article

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