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SUBMITTER: Ohsumi T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4312048 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ohsumi Tatsuya T Takenaka Shoji S Wakamatsu Rika R Sakaue Yuuki Y Narisawa Naoki N Senpuku Hidenobu H Ohshima Hayato H Terao Yutaka Y Okiji Takashi T
PloS one 20150130 1
Chemical disinfection of oral biofilms often leaves biofilm structures intact. This study aimed to examine whether the residual structure promotes secondary bacterial adhesion. Streptococcus mutans biofilms generated on resin-composite disks in a rotating disc reactor were disinfected completely with 70% isopropyl alcohol, and were again cultured in the same reactor after resupplying with the same bacterial solution. Specimens were subjected to fluorescence confocal laser scanning microscopy, vi ...[more]