Metabolic Modeling of Streptococcus mutans Reveals Complex Nutrient Requirements of an Oral Pathogen
Tooth decay is the most prevalent chronic disease in the United States. Decay is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus mutans, an oral pathogen that ferments sugars into tooth-destroying lactic acid. We constructed a complete metabolic model of S. mutans to systematically investigate how the bacteri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019-10-01
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| Series: | mSystems |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00529-19 |