title: Implantation and cariogenicity in hamsters of Streptococcus mutans with different hydrophobicity.
abstract: Strains of Streptococcus mutans with different surface hydrophobicity were examined for their ability to colonize and induce carious lesions in hamsters given a high sucrose diet. In a short-term experiment the hydrophobic strain GW showed almost an identical colonization pattern compared to the hydrophilic strain GW36. Streptomycin resistant variants of GW and GW36 implanted at a much slower rate than the parent strains. Differences in caries score were observed between the strains. The cariogenicity of the strains seemed to be dependent on early colonization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cariology, Faculty of Odontology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olsson
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Emilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D006224:Cricetinae; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D013307:Streptomycin