Negative correlation between oral malodour and numbers and activities of sulphate-reducing bacteria in the human mouth

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 665-670

  Willis, C L ^a   Gibson, G R ^a   Holt, J ^b   Allison, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oral malodour; Sulphate reducing bacteria; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH HYGIENE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIA; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SALIVA; SULFATES;

EID: 0345120719     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(99)00056-4     Document Type: Article

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