title: Adenylate energy charge: a method for the determination of viable cell mass in dental plaque samples.
abstract: The biochemical function, adenylate energy charge (AEC), correlates with the viable count of S. mutans. AEC may be used to estimate the percent viable fraction of bacteria in dental plaque samples. An interactive computer program designed to process the AEC data is described.
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003201:Computers; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D004735:Energy Transfer; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D010710:Phosphates; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate