Automutanolysin disrupts clinical isolates of cariogenic streptococci in biofilms and planktonic cells

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 451-455

  Thanyasrisung, P ^a,b   Komatsuzawa, H ^a   Yoshimura, G ^a   Fujiwara, T ^a   Yamada, S ^c   Kozai, K ^a   Eto, K ^b   Izumi, Y ^b   Sugai, M ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Bacteriolytic enzyme; Biofilm; Caries prevention; Streptococcus mutans; Streptococcus sobrinus

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; AUTOMUTANOLYSIN; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 70350009696     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: 1399302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2009.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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