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Nitrate as a potential prebiotic for the oral microbiome

The salivary glands actively concentrate plasma nitrate, leading to high salivary nitrate concentrations (5–8 mM) after a nitrate-rich vegetable meal. Nitrate is an ecological factor that can induce rapid changes in structure and function of polymicrobial communities, but the effects on the oral mic...

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Autores principales: Rosier, B. T., Buetas, E., Moya-Gonzalvez, E. M., Artacho, A., Mira, Alex
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7393384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32732931
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69931-x