Amino sugars enhance the competitiveness of beneficial commensals with Streptococcus mutans through multiple mechanisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3671-3682

  Zeng, Lin ^a   Farivar, Tanaz ^a   Burne, Robert A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; GENE THERAPY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARBOHYDRATE SOURCES; CATABOLIC PATHWAY; GLUCOSAMINE(GLCN); GLUCOSE-CONTAINING MEDIUM; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

AMINO SUGARS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; COMMENSAL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; PATHOGEN; SUGAR;

STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINOSUGAR;

ANTIBIOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AMINO SUGARS; ANTIBIOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84971414853     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00637-16     Document Type: Article

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