Necrotrophic growth of periodontopathogens is a novel virulence factor in oral biofilms

Abstract The oral use of antimicrobial agents embedded in toothpastes and mouth rinses results in an oral microbial massacre with high amounts of dead bacteria in close proximity to few surviving bacteria. It was hypothesized that this provides the surviving pathogenic bacteria a large amount of dea...

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Main Authors: Esteban Rodriguez Herrero, Nico Boon, Martine Pauwels, Kristel Bernaerts, Vera Slomka, Marc Quirynen, Wim Teughels
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a4a4224de62d4dfbaa7b6d65622e3bd5
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