Necrotrophic growth of periodontopathogens is a novel virulence factor in oral biofilms
Abstract The oral use of antimicrobial agents embedded in toothpastes and mouth rinses results in an oral microbial massacre with high amounts of dead bacteria in close proximity to few surviving bacteria. It was hypothesized that this provides the surviving pathogenic bacteria a large amount of dea...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01239-9 |