Establishment of defined microbial ecosystems in germ-free rats. I. The effect of the interactions of streptococcus mutans or Streptococcus sanguis with Veillonella alcalescens on plaque formation and caries activity

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Cariogenic Agents / pharmacology
• Dental Caries / microbiology*
• Dental Plaque / microbiology*
• Diet, Cariogenic
• Disease Models, Animal
• Germ-Free Life*
• Microscopy, Electron
• Rats
• Streptococcus / isolation & purification
• Streptococcus / pathogenicity
• Sucrose / pharmacology
• Veillonella / isolation & purification
• Veillonella / pathogenicity