Mucin can enhance growth, biofilm formation, and survival of Streptococcus mutans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-167

  Mothey, Deepa ^a,b   Buttaro, Bettina A ^a   Piggot, Patrick J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactose; Pyruvate dehydrogenase; Tagatose path

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MUCIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; SUCROSE; TAGATOSE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON SOURCE; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; ORGANISMS BY ENERGY SOURCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; UPREGULATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

GALACTOSE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; TAGATOSE PATH;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GLUCOSE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUCINS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCROSE; SWINE;

EID: 84893015610     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12336     Document Type: Article

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