Role of Urease Enzymes in Stability of a 10-Species Oral Biofilm Consortium Cultivated in a Constant-Depth Film Fermenter

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7188-7192

  Shu, Man ^a,b   Browngardt, Christopher M ^a   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; UREASE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; VEILLONELLA;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MOUTH; UREASE;

EID: 0345283039     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.7188-7192.2003     Document Type: Article

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