Role of sucrose in the fitness of Streptococcus mutans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-219

  Kreth, J ^a   Zhu, L ^b   Merritt, J ^c   Shi, W ^b   Qi, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm; Streptococcus mutans; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LISTERINE; SUCROSE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DENTAL CARIES; NUTRIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METALLOPROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOUTH; MUTATION; SALICYLATES; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; SUCROSE; TERPENES;

EID: 42149132144     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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