The Role of Hydrogen Peroxide in Environmental Adaptation of Oral Microbial Communities
Oral streptococci are able to produce growth-inhibiting amounts of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as byproduct of aerobic metabolism. Several recent studies showed that the produced H2O2 is not a simple byproduct of metabolism but functions in several aspects of oral bacterial biofilm ecology. First, the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/717843 |