Effects of simulated microgravity on Streptococcus mutans physiology and biofilm structure

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-101

  Cheng, Xingqun ^a   Xu, Xin ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Zhou, Xuedong ^a   Cheng, Lei ^a   Li, Mingyun ^a   Li, Jiyao ^a   Wang, Renke ^a   Jia, Wenxiang ^a   Li, Yu Qing ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Astronauts; Biofilm architecture; Dental caries; Interspecies competition; Mutacin production

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACID TOLERANCE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LETTER; MICROGRAVITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SIMULATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; ANTIBIOSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANTIBIOSIS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84907960987     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12573     Document Type: Letter

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