Filifactor alocis: The newly discovered kid on the block with special talents

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 725-732

  Aruni, W ^a   Chioma, O ^a   Fletcher, H M ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

community dynamics; host interaction; oxidative stress; periodontitis; polymicrobial infection; proteomics

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BIOFILMS; COINFECTION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE RODS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PERIODONTITIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84905856404     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034514538283     Document Type: Review

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