Food-borne enterococci integrate into oral biofilm: An in vivo study

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1812-1819

  Al Ahmad, Ali ^a   Maier, Julia ^a   Follo, Marie ^a   Spitzmüller, Bettina ^a   Wittmer, Annette ^a   Hellwig, Elmar ^a   Hübner, Johannes ^b   Jonas, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Duplex FISH; endodontic infection; enterococci; Enterococcus faecalis; food; oral biofilm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATTLE; CHEESE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ENAMEL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD CONTROL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALIVA; TIME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; CHEESE; DENTAL ENAMEL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOUTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957980539     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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