Effect of acid stress on the physiology of biofilm cells of Streptococcus mutans

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 735-742

  McNeill, Karol ^a   Hamilton, I R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; DNA; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RNA;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; GLYCOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STRESS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 1642276080     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26482-0     Document Type: Article

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