Relationship between Pyruvate Kinase Activity and Cariogenic Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans Biotypes in Caries Patients

Relationship between Pyruvate Kinase Activity and Cariogenic Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus mutans Biotypes in Caries Patients

Streptococcus mutans (MS) and its biotype I are the strains most frequently found in dental plaque of young children. Our results indicate that in children pyruvate kinase (PK) activity increases significantly in dental plaque, and this corresponds with caries progression. The MS strains isolated in...

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Main Authors: Wirginia Krzyściak, Monika Papież, Anna Jurczak, Dorota Kościelniak, Palina Vyhouskaya, Katarzyna Zagórska-Świeży, Anna Skalniak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Streptococcus mutans
pyruvate kinase
biofilm
caries
biotypes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00856/full

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