Analyses of the Effects of Arginine, Nicotine, Serotype and Collagen-Binding Proteins on Biofilm Development by 33 Strains of Streptococcus mutans.

ABSTRACT: Streptococcus mutans serotype k strains comprise <3% of oral isolates of S. mutans but are prominent in diseased cardiovascular (CV) tissue. Collagen binding protein (CBP) genes, cbm and cnm, are prevalent in serotype k strains and are associated with endothelial cell invasion. Nicotine increases biofilm formation by serotype c strains of S. mutans, but its effects on serotype k strains and strains with CBP are unknown. Saliva contains arginine which alters certain properties of the extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) in S. mutans biofilm. We examined whether nicotine and arginine affect sucrose-induced biofilm of S. mutans serotypes k (n = 23) and c (n = 10) strains with and without CB

SUBMITTER: Wagenknecht DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8757754 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature