Background Dental caries is a chronic, multifactorial and biofilm-mediated oral bacterial
infection affecting almost every age group and every geographical region. Streptococcus …

In this study, the effect of sugars type (glucose, sucrose, fructose and the mixture of glucose
and fructose) and best substrate concentration are investigated on biofilm accumulation …

Streptococcus mutans is one of the important bacteria that forms dental biofilm and cause
dental caries. Virulence genes in S. mutans can be classified into the genes involved in …

The SspA and SspB surface proteins of Streptococcus gordonii are multifunctional adhesins
encoded by tandemly arranged genes. The transcriptional regulation of the sspA and sspB …

Adhesion of Streptococcus parasanguis FW213, a primary colonizer, to the tooth surface is
mediated mainly by peritrichous long fimbriae. The fimbrial structural unit, Fap1, is …

Introduction: Surface protein antigen (PAc) and glucosyltransferases (GTF) are major
adhesive molecules of Streptococcus mutans, though the mechanism of their regulation has …

In some diseases, a very important role is played by the ability of bacteria to form multi-
dimensional complex structure known as biofilm. The most common disease of the oral …

Oral streptococci are the oral microbial flora that can cause biofilm formation. One of the
most common isolated oral streptococci is Streptococcus mutans, which has a significant …

Objective Streptococcus mutans is an etiological agent of human dental caries and
produces glucosyltransferase (GTF), encoded by genes gtfB and gtfC, an enzyme that …

Background Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is a commensal microorganism found in the
human oral cavity. However, due to environmental changes, selective pressures, and the …