Cariogenicity of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus salivarius in rats

Caries Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 479-483

  Matsumoto, M ^a   Tsuji, M ^a   Sasaki, H ^a   Fujita, K ^a   Nomura, R ^a   Nakano, K ^a   Shintani, S ^a   Ooshima, T ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caries induction in animal experiments; Dental caries; Lactobacillus salivarius; Probiotics; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RAT; SALIVA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DENTAL CARIES; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 27144456796     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088183     Document Type: Article

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