The role of fructans on dental biofilm formation by Streptococcus sobrinus, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus gordonii and Actinomyces viscosus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Rozen, Ramona ^a   Bachrach, Gilad ^a   Bronshteyn, Moshe ^a   Gedalia, Itzhak ^a   Steinberg, Doron ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Dental biofilm; Fructan; Fructanase; Glucan

Indexed keywords

FRUCTAN; GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DENTAL PLAQUE; FRUCTANS; GLUCANS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HUMANS; HYDROXYAPATITES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 0035916402     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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