Stimulation of Fusobacterium nucleatum biofilm formation by Porphyromonas gingivalis

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Saito, Y ^a   Fujii, R ^a   Nakagawa, K I ^a   Kuramitsu, H K ^b   Okuda, K ^a   Ishihara, K ^a,c  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Periapical periodontitis; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CRYSTAL VIOLET; POLYSTYRENE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIMULATION; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLORING AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENTIAN VIOLET; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 37349047867     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00380.x     Document Type: Article

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