L-arginine destabilizes oral multi-species biofilm communities developed in human saliva.

The amino acid L-arginine inhibits bacterial coaggregation, is involved in cell-cell signaling, and alters bacterial metabolism in a broad range of species present in the human oral cavity. Given the range of effects of L-arginine on bacteria, we hypothesized that L-arginine might alter multi-specie...

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Main Authors: Ethan Kolderman, Deepti Bettampadi, Derek Samarian, Scot E Dowd, Betsy Foxman, Nicholas S Jakubovics, Alexander H Rickard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4422691?pdf=render