Streptococcus gordonii glucosyltransferase promotes biofilm interactions with Candida albicans

Journal of Oral Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ricker, Austin ^a   Vickerman, Margaret ^b   Dongari Bagtzoglou, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; C. Albicans; Glucosyltransferases; S. Gordonii; Glucans

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; DEXTRAN; DEXTRANASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME DEGRADATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SALIVATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STAINING;

EID: 84898857547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20002297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/jom.v6.23419     Document Type: Article

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