Technical Reference #850

850.

The Effect Of Streptococcus Mutans And Candida Glabrata On Candida Albicans Biofilms Formed On Different Surfaces Tatiana Pereira-Cenci a;b; Dong Mei Deng b; Eefje Anne Kraneveld b; Erik Martinus Marie Manders c; Altair Antoninha Del Bel Cury a; Jacob Martien ten Cate b; Wim Crielaard, UNICAMP, Archives of Oral Biology, 53(850), (2008)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
Although Candida containing biofilms contribute to the development of oral candidosis thecharacteristics of multi-species Candida biofilms and how oral bacteria modulate thesebiofilms is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to investigate int

Keywords:
Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Dual-species biofilm; Streptococcus mutans; Confocal scanning laser microscopy

Materials & Methods:
The discs were carefully removed from the wells (after 24 h of biofilm formation) placed (face down) on a 35- mm-diameter glass-bottom Petri-dish (MatTek Corp. Ashland MS USA)

Microscopic Technique
Confocal Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
Yeast, sPMMA