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Transcriptional Profiling of the Oral Pathogen Streptococcus mutans in Response to Competence Signaling Peptide XIP
... caries-causing oral pathogen, genetic competence is regu- lated by the ComRS signaling system, comprised of the ComS prepeptide to the ComX-inducing peptide XIP and its cognate response regulator ComR ...
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Characterization of a sialate-O-acetylesterase (NanS) from the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia that enhances sialic acid release by NanH, its cognate sialidase.
... This is a repository copy of Characterization of a sialate-O-acetylesterase NanS from the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia that enhances sialic acid release by NanH, its cognate sialid[r] ...
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Evaluation of Vegetable Oils and Their Respective Fatty Acids on the Viability of Streptococcus Mutans, a Persistent Oral Pathogen
... This study evaluated the in vitro antibacterial activity of vegetable oils and their respective fatty acid constituents on the growth of Streptococcus mutans. S. mutans is one of the primary etiological agents associated ...
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Identification of a highly active tannase enzyme from the oral pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum
... Conclusions: We have identified and characterized a metabolic enzyme from the oral pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphum. The biochemical properties of TanB Fnp suggest that it has a major ...
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Propolis based chitosan varnish: drug delivery, controlled release and antimicrobial activity against oral pathogen bacteria
... the oral soft tissues, soreness and dryness of the oral tissues, and des- quamative lesions and ulcerations of the gingival mu- cosa), chlorhexidine rinse should not be ...
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Proinflammatory Pathways Engaged by Oral Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis in Upregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Expression in Periodontal Disease
... other oral bacterial species colonizing the oral cavity, Treponema denticola, and Tannerella forsythia, form so called “red bacterial complex” recognized as the primary etiological cause of periodontitis, a ...
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Elizabethkingia miricola as an opportunistic oral pathogen associated with superinfectious complications in humoral immunodeficiency: a case report
... (host-pathogen, pathogen-drug, and host-drug) interactions, leading to periodontitis, post- antibiotic dysbiosis, post-steroids ulcers and immunomod- ulatory properties of IVIG (Additional file 4: ...
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Natural Competence Is a Major Mechanism for Horizontal DNA Transfer in the Oral Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis
... A recent transcriptome comparison analysis of planktonic ver- sus biofilm-grown P. gingivalis revealed comF expression to be increased 2-fold in the biofilm cells (46). The same study showed that the expression of ...
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Non-contiguous finished genome sequence of the opportunistic oral pathogen Prevotella multisaccharivorax type strain (PPPA20T)
... Prevotella multisaccharivorax Sakamoto et al. 2005 is a species of the large genus Prevotella, which belongs to the family Prevotellaceae. The species is of medical interest because its members are able to cause diseases ...
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Optimum synthesis of CuO nanoparticles with the highest antifungal activity against oral pathogen Candida albicans
... and tooth pulp infection, causing severe pain, tooth pulp necrosis, loss of teeth, and systemic infections (Cura et al., 2012; Farges et al., 2015). Untreated dental caries is seen as a major global challenge in many ...
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Polymers for binding of the gram positive oral pathogen Streptococcus mutans
... The ability of S . mutans to bind to glycans with galactosyl residues has been described in several studies.[25–28] Reduction of salivary galactosylated O–glycans has been associated with increased caries susceptibility ...
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Metabolic Modeling of Streptococcus mutans Reveals Complex Nutrient Requirements of an Oral Pathogen
... The iSMU model predicts carbon source utilization of S. mutans. S. mutans can metabolize a wide range of carbon sources (41, 42), allowing the organism to thrive in the oral cavity of humans with varied diets. S. ...
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Proinflammatory Signaling Cascades of Periodontopathic Oral Pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis
... of oral mucosal reaction to ...of oral mucosal TLR4 leads to initiation of signaling events characterized by the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and I κ B-kinase complex (IKK) ...
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Sensitivity of Colletotrichum acutatum Isolates to Selected Fungicides
... the pathogen Colletotrichum acutatum from diff erent host plants demonstrated the varying sensitivity of pathogen with regard to mycelium growth and conidial germination a er treatment with seven fungicides ...
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Original Article Effects of dexamethasone-contaminated water on mouse growth and intestinal microflora composition
... Our results showed that dexamethasone-con- taminated water could reduce the mouse growth, which was consistent with the fact that the long-term or high-dose usage of dexameth- asone would inhibit the children’s growth in ...
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Transcriptome Remodeling Contributes to Epidemic Disease Caused by the Human Pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes
... model pathogen for studying the evolutionary genomics of epidemic dis- ease and the molecular basis of bacterial ...human pathogen, causes abundant infections world- wide, and has a relatively small genome ...
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Perspectives series: host/pathogen interactions Invasion and intracellular sorting of bacteria: searching for bacterial genes expressed during host/pathogen interactions
... All pathogens must enter a host; find their unique niche; avoid, circumvent, or subvert normal host defenses; multiply; and eventually be transmitted to a new susceptible host. Al- though certain common pathogenic ...
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TLR4 is involved in mediating fatal murine pneumonia due to Burkholderia cenocepacia
... of cytokine and chemokine synthesis to infection is re- duced, although not totally ablated, indicating the par- ticipation of other signaling pathway(s). Moreover, as with the MyD88-/- strain, TLR4-/- mice were ...
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course book Medical Bacteriology
... or oral ulcer that develops at the site of inoculation), secondary stage (red, maculopapular rash on almost any part of the body, including the palms of the hands and soles of the feet) and tertiary stage, ...
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What a Dinner Party! Mechanisms and Functions of Interkingdom Signaling in Host Pathogen Associations
... Enteric pathogens have evolved systems to exploit the met- abolic properties of specific members of the microbiota as nu- tritional cues to gain a competitive advantage. S. enterica and Clostridium difficile exploit ...
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