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The Fitness Cost of Fluoride Resistance for Different Streptococcus mutans Strains in Biofilms
The cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans can develop stable resistance to fluoride through chromosomal mutations in vitro. Fluoride-resistant S. mutans has seldom been isolated in clinical settings, despite the wide application of fluoride in oral-care products. One explanation is that the fluo...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581503/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28894441 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01630 |