Ecological Effect of Arginine on Oral Microbiota

Abstract Dental caries is closely associated with the microbial dybiosis between acidogenic/aciduric pathogens and alkali-generating commensal bacteria colonized in the oral cavity. Our recent studies have shown that arginine may represent a promising anti-caries agent by modulating microbial compos...

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Main Authors: Xin Zheng, Jinzhi He, Lin Wang, Shuangshuang Zhou, Xian Peng, Shi Huang, Liwei Zheng, Lei Cheng, Yuqing Hao, Jiyao Li, Jian Xu, Xin Xu, Xuedong Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07042-w