A new mathematical model of bacterial interactions in two-species oral biofilms.

Periodontitis are bacterial inflammatory diseases, where the bacterial biofilms present on the tooth-supporting tissues switch from a healthy state towards a pathogenic state. Among bacterial species involved in the disease, Porphyromonas gingivalis has been shown to induce dysbiosis, and to induce...

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Main Authors: Bénédicte Martin, Zohreh Tamanai-Shacoori, Julie Bronsard, Franck Ginguené, Vincent Meuric, Fabrice Mahé, Martine Bonnaure-Mallet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5333920?pdf=render