Influence of culture medium on the glucosyl transferase- and dextran-binding capacity of Streptococcus mutans 6715 cells.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 10 ·No. 6 ·1974-12-00 ·Pages 1448-51

Spinell DM, Gibbons RJ

Abstract

Growth of Streptococcus mutans 6715 in a medium containing trace amounts of sucrose or dextran promotes cell-associated glucosyl transferase activity and increases the dextran-binding capacity of the organisms.

MeSH Terms

Agglutination Tests Antigens, Bacterial Binding Sites Cell Aggregation Culture Media Dextrans/metabolism Epitopes Glucosyltransferases/metabolism Immunodiffusion Polysaccharides, Bacterial Streptococcus/metabolism Trypsin

Chemicals

Antigens, Bacterial Culture Media Dextrans Epitopes Polysaccharides, Bacterial Glucosyltransferases Trypsin

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Spinell D M

Gibbons R J

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Article Info

Journal

Infection and immunity

Abbr.

Infect Immun

ISSN

0019-9567

DOI

10.1128/iai.10.6.1448-1451.1974

Published

1974-12-00

Pages

1448-51

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0246127

PMCID

PMC423126

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