Shear-Enhanced Oral Microbial Adhesion
Author(s) -
Albert M. Ding,
Robert Palmer,
John O. Cisar,
Paul E. Kolenbrander
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.02083-09
Subject(s) - streptococcus gordonii , microbiology and biotechnology , adhesion , fimbria , bacterial adhesin , streptococcus oralis , sialic acid , pilus , chemistry , infective endocarditis , shear (geology) , biofilm , actinomyces , bacteria , biology , streptococcaceae , biochemistry , medicine , virulence , genetics , organic chemistry , gene , antibiotics , paleontology
Shear-enhanced adhesion, although not observed for fimbria-mediated adhesion of oral Actinomyces spp., was noted for Hsa-mediated adhesion of Streptococcus gordonii to sialic acid-containing receptors, an interaction implicated in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis.
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