Interspecies competition in oral biofilms mediated by Streptococcus gordonii extracellular deoxyribonuclease SsnA

Autor: Nadia Rostami, Robert C. Shields, Hannah J. Serrage, Catherine Lawler, Jane L. Brittan, Sufian Yassin, Halah Ahmed, Achim Treumann, Paul Thompson, Kevin J. Waldron, Angela H. Nobbs, Nicholas S. Jakubovics

Publikováno v: Rostami, N, Shields, R C, Serrage, H J, Lawler, C, Brittan, J L, Yassin, S, Ahmed, H, Treumann, A, Thompson, P, Waldron, K J, Nobbs, A H & Jakubovics, N S 2022, ' Interspecies competition in oral biofilms mediated by Streptococcus gordonii extracellular deoxyribonuclease SsnA ', npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, vol. 8, no. 1, 96 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-022-00359-z

Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is a key component of many microbial biofilms including dental plaque. However, the roles of extracellular deoxyribonuclease (DNase) enzymes within biofilms are poorly understood. Streptococcus gordonii is a pioneer colonizer

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-022-00359-z