Veillonella parvula acts as a pathobiont promoting the biofilm virulence and cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans in adult severe caries

ABSTRACT Adult severe caries (ASC) brings severe oral dysfunction and treatment difficulties to patients, and yet no clear pathogenic mechanism for it has been found. This study is focused on the composition of dental plaque microbiome profiles in order to identify disease-relevant species and to in...

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Main Authors: Yuan Wei, Yu Zhang, Yuan Zhuang, Yifei Tang, Hua Nie, Yequan Haung, Ting Liu, Weidong Yang, Fuhua Yan, Yanan Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-11-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04318-23