Calcium binding to S. mutans grown in the presence or absence of sucrose

Sucrose is the most cariogenic dietary carbohydrate because it is a substrate for insoluble extracellular polysaccharide (IEPS) production in dental biofilms, which can proportionally decrease bacterial density and, consequently, the number of biofilm calcium (Ca) binding sites. Ca bound to bacteria...

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Main Authors: Tarcísio Jorge Leitão, Livia Maria Andaló Tenuta, Guilherme Ishi, Jaime Aparecido Cury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2012-04-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242012000200003