Role of Streptococcus mutans in human dental decay.
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This article is published in Microbiological Research.The article was published on 1986-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2598 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Streptococcus mutans & Streptococcus sobrinus.read more
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Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle
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Surface Proteins of Gram-Positive Bacteria and Mechanisms of Their Targeting to the Cell Wall Envelope
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Are dental diseases examples of ecological catastrophes
TL;DR: In this paper, the "ecological plaque hypothesis" was proposed to better describe the relationship between plaque bacteria and the host in health and disease, implying that disease can be prevented not only by directly inhibiting the putative pathogens, but also by interfering with the environmental factors driving the selection and enrichment of these bacteria.
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Microbial ecology of dental plaque and its significance in health and disease.
TL;DR: It is proposed that disease can be prevented or treated not only by targeting the putative pathogens but also by interfering with the processes that drive the breakdown in homeostasis, and the rate of acid production following sugar intake could be reduced by fluoride, alternative sweeteners, and low concentrations of antimicrobial agents.
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Genome sequence of Streptococcus mutans UA159, a cariogenic dental pathogen
Dragana Ajdic,William M. McShan,Robert E. McLaughlin,Gorana Savic,Jin Chang,Matthew B. Carson,Charles Primeaux,Runying Tian,Steve Kenton,Honggui Jia,Shaoping Lin,Yudong Qian,Shuling Li,Hua Zhu,Fares Z. Najar,Hongshing Lai,Jim White,Bruce A. Roe,Joseph J. Ferretti +18 more
TL;DR: The genome analysis provides further insight into how S. mutans has adapted to surviving the oral environment through resource acquisition, defense against host factors, and use of gene products that maintain its niche against microbial competitors.
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