Microstructural differences between single-species and dual-species biofilms of Streptococcus mutans and Veillonella parvula, before and after exposure to chlorhexidine

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-97

  Kara, Duygu ^a   Luppens, Suzanne B I ^a   Van Marle, Jan ^b   Özok, Rifat ^a   Ten Cate, Jacob M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Chlorhexidine; Cluster analysis; Microstructure; Streptococcus mutans; Veillonella parvula

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHLORHEXIDINE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STAINING AND LABELING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS; VEILLONELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

EID: 34247855138     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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