Intermicrobial Interactions as a Driver for Community Composition and Stratification of Oral Biofilms

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 427, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 3662-3675

  Jakubovics, Nicholas S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abbreviations AI 2 autoinducer 2; CSP competence stimulating peptide; FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOOTH PLAQUE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOUTH;

EID: 84947549867     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.09.022     Document Type: Review

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