Quorum sensing LuxS/autoinducer-2 inhibits Enterococcus faecalis biofilm formation ability
Abstract Objective: To investigate the relation between biofilm formation ability and quorum sensing gene LuxS/AI-2. Materials and Methods: Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) standard strain ATCC 29212 was used in the study. Long flanking homology polymerase chain reaction method was used to buil...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of São Paulo
2018-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Applied Oral Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572018000100496&lng=en&tlng=en |