Changes in biochemical and phenotypic properties of streptococcus mutans during growth with aeration

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2517-2527

  Ahn, Sug Joon ^a,b   Ahn, Sang Joon ^a   Browngardt, Christopher M ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID TOLERANCES; AEROBIC CONDITIONS; ATP-ASE ACTIVITIES; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS; BIOFILM ARCHITECTURES; CARBOHYDRATE SOURCES; CELL-FREE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUES; ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOLYTIC RATES; LAG PHASE; ORAL CAVITIES; PATHOGENIC POTENTIALS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEMS; S. MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOHYDRATES; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CELL GROWTH;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AGGLUTININ; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNOSE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AERATION; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; DENTAL HEALTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATOR; MATURATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ACID TOLERANCE; AERATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOLYSIS; HEXOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OXYGEN; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 64749100673     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02367-08     Document Type: Article

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