Resistance to acidic environments of caries-associated bacteria: Bifidobacterium dentium and bifidobacterium longum

Caries Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 431-437

  Nakajo, K ^a   Takahashi, N ^a   Beighton, D ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Bacterial growth; Bifidobacteriaceae; Cell viability; Intracellular pH; Lactobacilli; Streptococci

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINOETHANESULFONIC ACID; 2-(N-MORPHOLINO)ETHANESULFONIC ACID; 6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; 6-CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ACID; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; BUFFER; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLYCINE; HYDROXIDE; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; N,N BIS(2 HYDROXYETHYL)GLYCINE; N,N-BIS(2-HYDROXYETHYL)GLYCINE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME;

ACIDS; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BUFFERS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLYCINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXIDES; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MORPHOLINES; MOUTH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956126019     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318582     Document Type: Article

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