The enhancing antibiofilm activity of curcumin on Streptococcus mutans strains from severe early childhood caries

Abstract Background Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is one of the main cariogenic bacteria for caries. It was found that the clinical strains of S. mutans isolated from caries active population have stronger cariogenic ability than the isolates from caries-free (CF) people. Previous studies have fo...

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Main Authors: Bingchun Li, Ting Pan, Huancai Lin, Yan Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-01975-5