The Biology of Streptococcus mutans

In 1924, J. Clarke isolated an organism from carious lesions and called it Streptococcus mutans, because he thought the oval‐shaped cells observed were mutant forms of streptococci (1). However, it was in the late 1950s when S. mutans gained widespread attention within the scientific community, and...

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Hauptverfasser:	Lemos, J.A, Palmer, S.R, Zeng, L, Wen, Z.T, Kajfasz, J.K, Freires, I.A, Abranches, J, Brady, L.J
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acid stress tolerance biofilm formation carbohydrate metabolism extracellular polysaccharide phenotypic heterogeneity Quorum Sensing system streptococcus mutans TCSTSs
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