Bacterial interactions in pathogenic subgingival plaque

Hong Min Ng; Lin Xin Kin; Stuart G Dashper; Nada Slakeski; Catherine A Butler; Eric C Reynolds

Journal article

Bacterial interactions in pathogenic subgingival plaque

Hong Min Ng, Lin Xin Kin, Stuart G Dashper, Nada Slakeski, Catherine A Butler, Eric C Reynolds

MICROBIAL PATHOGENESIS | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2015.10.022

University of Melbourne Researchers

Eric Reynolds Author Melbourne Dental School

Nada Slakeski Author Melbourne Dental School

Catherine Butler Author Melbourne Dental School

Stuart Dashper Author Melbourne Dental School

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CHARACTERISATION OF PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS AND TREPONEMA DENTICOLA INTERACTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PATHOGENIC BIOFILM

Gum disease (periodontitis) is an inflammatory disease caused by bacterial pathogens that is the major cause of tooth loss in adults. It is ..

Grants

Awarded by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Project Grant No. 1083600). Dr. Kheng Hui Tan is thanked for provision of the figure demonstrating coaggregation of P. gingivalis and T. denticola. Mr. Chris Owen is thanked for assistance with figure preparation. Dr. Ying Zhu, Ms. Deanne Catmull and Dr. Tanya D'Cruze are thanked for assistance with the flow cell set up and confocal imaging of the biofilms in Fig. 1. Lin Xin Kin is supported by a Melbourne International Research Scholarship funded by the University of Melbourne. Ng Hong Min is supported by an International Postgraduate Research Scholarship funded by the Australian Government under the University of Melbourne.