Attachment of <i>Bacteroides melaninogenicus</i> subsp. <i>asaccharolyticus</i> to Oral Surfaces and Its Possible Role in Colonization of the Mouth and of Periodontal Pockets

Slots, Jørgen; Gibbons, R.J.

doi:10.1128/iai.19.1.254-264.1978

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Attachment of Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. asaccharolyticus to Oral Surfaces and Its Possible Role in Colonization of the Mouth and of Periodontal Pockets

Published in Infection and Immunity • Jan 1, 1978

Authors:

Jørgen Slots

R.J. Gibbons

Abstract

This investigation examined the ability of cells of Bacteroides melaninogenicus subsp. asaccharolyticus 381 to adhere to surfaces that might be important for its initial colonization of the mouth and its subsequent colonization in periodontal pockets. Of 48 asaccharolytic strains of B. melaninogenic...

Subject

Microbiology

Saliva

Biology

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