Structural and Molecular Basis of the Role of Starch and Sucrose in Streptococcus Mutans Biofilm Development

Overview

Journal Appl Environ Microbiol

Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology

Date 2008 Nov 26

PMID 19028906

Citations 82

Authors

M I Klein

S Duarte

J Xiao

S Mitra

T H Foster

H Koo

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Abstract

The interaction of sucrose and starch with bacterial glucosyltransferases and human salivary amylase may enhance the pathogenic potential of Streptococcus mutans within biofilms by influencing the structural organization of the extracellular matrix and modulating the expression of genes involved in exopolysaccharide synthesis and specific sugar transport and two-component systems.

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