Adaptation of oral streptococci to low pH

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2000, Pages 239-274

  Quivey Jr , Robert G ^a   Kuhnert, Wendi L ^a   Hahn, Kristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMMONIA; PROTON; SUGAR; UREA;

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DEGRADATION; DYNAMICS; GLYCOLYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MOUTH; MOUTH FLORA; PH; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; SURVIVAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 12944331349     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2911(00)42004-7     Document Type: Review

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