title: Targeting specific bacteria in the oral microbiome.
abstract: A lack of tools that kill selected members of the oral microbiome has hampered the ability to study specific roles of bacteria within bacterial communities. Work by Guo et al. shows the potential of antimicrobial peptides as a tool to assess the role of individual species in the microbial community.
authors.affiliation: The Forsyth Institute, 245 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: jfrias@forsyth.org.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frias-Lopez
mesh_terms: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota / Q000187:drug effects*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
keywords: antimicrobial peptide; microbial ecology; oral microbiome