Intraspecies interactions of Streptococcus mutans impact biofilm architecture and virulence determinants in childhood dental caries

ABSTRACT Early childhood dental caries (ECC) is the most common chronic disease among children, especially among low socioeconomic populations. Streptococcus mutans is most frequently associated with initiation of ECC. Although many studies report children with multiple S. mutans strains (i.e., geno...

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Published in:mSphere
Main Authors: Stephanie S. Momeni, Xixi Cao, Baotong Xie, Katherine Rainey, Noel K. Childers, Hui Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-07-01
Subjects:
Streptococcus mutans
intraspecies
biofilms
Drosophila
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00778-23

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