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Involvement of signal peptidase I in Streptococcus sanguinis biofilm formation.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Sept 2017
Aynapudi Jessica, El-Rami Fadi, Ge Xiuchun, Stone Victoria, Zhu Bin, Kitten Todd, Xu Ping
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Biofilm accounts for 65-80 % of microbial infections in humans. Considerable evidence links biofilm formation by oral microbiota to oral disease and consequently systemic infections. Streptococcus sanguinis, a Gram-positive bacterium, is one of the most abundant species of the oral microbiota and it contributes to biofilm development in the oral cavity. Due to its altered biofilm formation, we investigated a...
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