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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Streptococcus mutans UA159
SUBMITTER: Jeffrey Bond
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10215 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Dunning Daniel W DW McCall Lathan W LW Powell William F WF Arscott W Tristram WT McConocha Erin M EM McClurg Cheryl J CJ Goodman Steven D SD Spatafora Grace A GA
Microbiology (Reading, England) 20080401 Pt 4
Streptococcus mutans, the primary causative agent of human dental caries, grows as a biofilm on the tooth surface, where it metabolizes dietary carbohydrates and generates acid byproducts that demineralize tooth enamel. A drop in plaque pH stimulates an adaptive acid-tolerance response (ATR) in this oral pathogen that allows it to survive acid challenge at pHs as low as 3.0. In the present study, we describe the growth of an S. mutans mutant, GMS901, that harbours an insertion-deletion mutation ...[more]