Exopolysaccharides produced by Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferases modulate the establishment of microcolonies within multispecies biofilms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3024-3032

  Koo, H ^a   Xiao, J ^a   Klein, M I ^a   Jeon, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYAPATITE; PROTEIN GTFB; PROTEIN GTFC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, STREPTOCOCCUS; SUCROSE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TOOTH; ACTINOMYCES; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

ACTINOMYCES; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; SUCROSE;

EID: 77953977348     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01649-09     Document Type: Article

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