Oral microbial ecology
Subtitle: current research and new perspectives
By: edited by Nicholas S. Jakubovics, Oral Biology, School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK and Robert J. Palmer, Jr., Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Publisher: Caister Academic Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Norfolk, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781908230171
Subjects: Mouth; Microbiology; Biofilms; Periodontal disease; Probiotics; Therapeutic use; Dental Deposits; Mikrobiologie; Mund; Mundflora
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Microbial populations in oral biofilms; title: Detection and culture of novel oral bacteria; title: Bacterial catabolism of salivary substrates; title: Structural organization of oral biofilms in supra- and subgingival environments; title: The role of extracellular polysaccharides matrix in virulent oral biofilms; title: Extracellular proteins and DNA in the matrix of oral biofilms; title: A holistic view of interspecies bacterial interactions within human dental plaque; title: Environmental sensory perception by oral Streptococci; title: Microbial community interactions of the Cariogenic organism; title: Biofilms in periodontal health and disease; title: Periodontal biofilm and immunity: immune subversion by select pathogens as a community service; title: Oral biofilms as a reservoir for extraoral pathogens: ventilator-associated pneumonia; title: Oral biofilm as a vehicle for chemotherapeutic agents; title: Probiotics: a possible tool in oral health care?