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Identification and functional analysis of genome mutations in a fluoride-resistant Streptococcus mutans strain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Liao Ying, Chen Jianwei, Brandt Bernd Willem, Zhu Yuanfang, Li Jiyao, van Loveren Cor, Deng Dong Mei
Abstract excerpt
It is known that fluoride-resistant microorganisms are different from fluoride-sensitive ones in growth, adherence and metabolic activity. It was hypothesized that these phenotypic differences were due to stable genotypic changes in the fluoride-resistant strains. However, until now, no studies h...
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