Shear-enhanced oral microbial adhesion.

ABSTRACT: Shear-enhanced adhesion, although not observed for fimbria-mediated adhesion of oral Actinomyces spp., was noted for Hsa-mediated adhesion of Streptococcus gordonii to sialic acid-containing receptors, an interaction implicated in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis.

SUBMITTER: Ding AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2820978 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature