Deletion of gtfC of Streptococcus mutans has no influence on the composition of a mixed-species in vitro biofilm model of supragingival plaque

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-438

  Van Der Ploeg, Jan R ^a   Guggenheim, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Caries; Glucosyltransferase; Streptococcus mutans; Supragingival plaque

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN GTFC; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; GENE DELETION; GINGIVA DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTIN; DURAPATITE; GENE DELETION; GERM-FREE LIFE; GLUCANS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; POLYSTYRENES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 7644224737     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2004.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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