Rapid Succession within the Veillonella Population of a Developing Human Oral Biofilm In Situ

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Streptococci are the primary component of the multispecies oral biofilm known as supragingival dental plaque; they grow by fermentation of sugars to organic acids, e.g., lactic acid. Veillonellae, a ubiquitous component of early plaque, are unable to use sugars; they ferment organic acids, such as lactate, to a mixture of shorter-chain-length acids, CO(2), and hydrogen. Certain veillonellae bind to (coaggregate...

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