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The thioredoxin system in the dental caries pathogen Streptococcus mutans and the food-industry bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus.
Biochimie - 1 Nov 2013
Marco Salvatore, Rullo Rosario, Albino Antonella, Masullo Mariorosario, De Vendittis Emmanuele, Amato Massimo
Abstract excerpt
The Streptococcus genus includes the pathogenic species Streptococcus mutans, the main responsible of dental caries, and the safe microorganism Streptococcus thermophilus, used for the manufacture of dairy products. These facultative anaerobes control the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and indeed, both S. mutans and S. thermophilus possess a cambialistic superoxide dismutase, the key enzyme for a...
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