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Mutation of the NADH oxidase gene (nox) reveals an overlap of the oxygen- and acid-mediated stress responses in Streptococcus mutans.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2012
Derr Adam M, Faustoferri Roberta C, Betzenhauser Matthew J, Gonzalez Kaisha, Marquis Robert E, Quivey Robert G
Abstract excerpt
NADH oxidase (Nox) is a flavin-containing enzyme used by Streptococcus mutans to reduce dissolved oxygen encountered during growth in the oral cavity. In this study, we characterized the role of the NADH oxidase in the oxidative and acid stress responses of S. mutans. A nox-defective mutant strain of S. mutans and its parental strain, the genomic type strain UA159, were exposed to various oxygen concentrations at...
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