In vitro bacterial plaque suppression and recolonization by S. mutans and S. sobrinus Supressão e recolonização de placa bacteriana por S. mutans e S. sobrinus in vitro

The in vitro study of the interactions between S. mutans and S. sobrinus is important to determine the role of these microorganisms in the formation of biofilms on dental structures and their potential to induce carious lesions. The objective of this research was to study the suppression of bacteria...

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Main Authors: Cássio Vicente Pereira, Luciano José Pereira, Reginaldo Bruno Gonçalves, José Francisco Höfling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2006-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000100004