Open AccessOral streptococci show diversity in resistance to complement immunity
Author(s) -
Lívia Araújo Alves,
Thaís R. de Carli,
Erika N. Harth-Chú,
Flávia S. Mariano,
José Francisco Höfling,
Rafael Nóbrega Stipp,
Renata O. Mattos-Graner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000955
Subject(s) - streptococcus gordonii , antibody opsonization , streptococcus sanguinis , microbiology and biotechnology , streptococcus mitis , complement system , biology , ic3b , opsonin , streptococcus oralis , complement receptor , immunology , alternative complement pathway , antibody , streptococcus , streptococcaceae , phagocytosis , streptococcus mutans , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics
Mechanisms underlying systemic infections by oral species of Mitis (Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus oralis) and Sanguinis (Streptococcus gordonii, Streptococcus sanguinis) commensal streptococci are poorly understood. This study investigates profiles of susceptibility to complement-mediated host immunity in representative strains of these four species, which were isolated from oral sites or from the bloodstream.