Human oral bacterial biofilms: Composition, dynamics, and pathogenesis

Biofilm Infections

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 35-68

  Palmer Jr , Robert J ^a   Darveau, Richard ^b   Lamont, Richard J ^c   Nyvad, Bente ^d   Teles, Ricardo P ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6084-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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