… to the oral salivary environment, regarded as a colloid suspension partly formed by oral
streptococci, we can speculate that, when the pH at the surface of streptococci drops below …

… Around neutral pH, all the oral bacteria tested could grow efficiently, although the growth …
those of oral streptococci under experimental conditions. As the environmental pH was lowered…

… Oral streptococci produce large quantities of organic acids … In an approach to determine if
oral streptococci exhibit … pH maintenance, glycolysis, and growth of Streptococcus mutans and …

… Oral streptococci are less acid tolerant than most … mutans streptococci are killed by exposure
to pH values as low as 3, and less acid-tolerant oral streptococci are killed at pH values not …

… There was no significant difference between the initial and final pH values both after addition
… control (0 mmol/l) value for doubling time of each strain at a given pH, which was measured …

… Thus, arginolytic commensal streptococci may have a synergistically positive impact on
the ecology of oral biofilms by moderating biofilm pH while antagonizing the growth and …

… oral streptococci maintain an intracellular pH (pH;) that is more alkaline than the external pH
… F- addition leads to various degrees of dissipation of ApH in the oral streptococci, whereas …

A number of strains of oral streptococci, previously thought to be virtually lysozyme resistant,
have been successfully lysed by a new procedure. The bacteria are grown in Brain-Heart …

… oralis clones included other species linked to low pH streptococci. Given the inherent difficulty
in distinguishing between oral streptococcal species, it is conceivable that low pH strains …

… 3.9 and 8.7, although a small drop (about 20%) was observed at pH 4.9. Formate, acetate, …
used at different pH values. Because no discontinuities were observed in the pH response …