Microbial interactions in building of communities

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 83-101

  Wright, C J ^a   Burns, L H ^a   Jack, A A ^b   Back, C R ^b   Dutton, L C ^b   Nobbs, A H ^b   Lamont, R J ^a   Jenkinson, H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Candida; Phosphorylation; Porphyromonas; Signaling; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; BLOOD GROUP I ANTIGEN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING KINETICS; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; FIMBRIA; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE CONTROL; HOST CELL; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; VEILLONELLA;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOUTH; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEOME; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84875045260     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/omi.12012     Document Type: Article

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