Resistance to acidic and alkaline environments in the endodontic pathogen Enterococcus faecalis

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 283-288

  Nakajo, K ^a   Komori, R ^a   Ishikawa, S ^a   Ueno, T ^a   Suzuki, Y ^a   Iwami, Y ^a   Takahashi, N ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Alkali resistance; Endodontic pathogen; Enterococcus faecalis

Indexed keywords

2',7' BIS(2 CARBOXYETHYL) 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; 2,7 BIS(CARBOXYETHYL) 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ACID; ALKALI; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DYE; SYTOX GREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ENDODONTICS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENT; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKALIES; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PROTON PUMPS; ROOT CANAL IRRIGANTS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS;

EID: 33747613542     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2006.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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