Isolation and characterization of coaggregation-defective (Cog-) mutants of Streptococcus gordonii DL1 (Challis).

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Isolation and characterization of coaggregation-defective (Cog-) mutants of Streptococcus gordonii DL1 (Challis).

Journal of industrial microbiology - 1 Sept 1995

Clemans D L, Kolenbrander P E

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Streptococcus gordonii DL1 (Challis) bears coaggregation-mediating surface adhesins which recognize galactoside-containing surface polysaccharides on Streptococcus oralis 34, Streptococcus oralis C104, and Streptococcus SM PK509. Fifty-nine spontaneously-occurring coaggregation-defective (Cog-) m...

Topics

Adhesins, Bacterial
Bacterial Adhesion
Biofilms
Humans
Models, Biological
Mutation
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Streptococcus

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