L-arginine modifies the exopolysaccharide matrix and thwarts Streptococcus mutans outgrowth within mixed-species oral biofilms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 198, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2651-2661

  He, Jinzhi ^a,b   Hwang, Geelsu ^b   Liu, Yuan ^b   Gao, Lizeng ^b   Kilpatrick Liverman, LaTonya ^c   Santarpi, Peter ^a,c   Zhou, Xuedong ^a   Koo, Hyun ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIOCIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PYRUVATE OXIDASE; SUCROSE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DOMINANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARGININE; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84991260223     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00021-16     Document Type: Article

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