Streptococcus oligofermentans inhibits Streptococcus mutans through conversion of lactic acid into inhibitory H2O2: A possible counteroffensive strategy for interspecies competition

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 872-880

  Tong, Huichun ^a   Chen, Wei ^a,b   Merritt, Justin ^c   Qi, Fengxia ^c   Shi, Wenyuan ^c   Dong, Xiuzhu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTATE 2 MONOOXYGENASE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COMPETITOR SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS OLIGOFERMENTANS;

ANTIBIOSIS; CATALASE; DENTAL PLAQUE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTIC ACID; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MUTATION; PEROXIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS OLIGOFERMENTANS;

EID: 33846245425     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05546.x     Document Type: Article

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