TY - JOUR
T1 - Bacterial aggregating activity in human saliva
T2 - Comparisons of bacterial species and strains
AU - Malamud, D.
AU - Appelbaum, B.
AU - Kline, R.
AU - Golub, E. E.
PY - 1981
Y1 - 1981
N2 - Using a quantitative assay to measure saliva-mediated bacterial aggregating activity, we have surveyed 20 streptococcal strains with saliva samples obtained from a large population study. Individual saliva samples demonstrated characteristic levels of aggregating activity for Streptococcus sanguis M5. In general, high activity for this strain was associated with high activity for other strains of S. sanguis, Streptococcus mitis, and Streptococcus salivarius. The population distribution of aggregating activity for Streptococcus mutans, however, was different.
AB - Using a quantitative assay to measure saliva-mediated bacterial aggregating activity, we have surveyed 20 streptococcal strains with saliva samples obtained from a large population study. Individual saliva samples demonstrated characteristic levels of aggregating activity for Streptococcus sanguis M5. In general, high activity for this strain was associated with high activity for other strains of S. sanguis, Streptococcus mitis, and Streptococcus salivarius. The population distribution of aggregating activity for Streptococcus mutans, however, was different.
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U2 - 10.1128/iai.31.3.1003-1006.1981
DO - 10.1128/iai.31.3.1003-1006.1981
M3 - Article
C2 - 7228395
AN - SCOPUS:0019430536
SN - 0019-9567
VL - 31
SP - 1003
EP - 1006
JO - Infection and Immunity
JF - Infection and Immunity
IS - 3
ER -