期刊
TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
卷 23, 期 2, 页码 76-82出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.10.010
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metatranscriptomics; tooth decay; dysbiosis; Koch's postulates; pathobiont
For decades, the sugar-fermenting, acidogenic species Streptococcus mutans has been considered the main causative agent of dental caries and most diagnostic and therapeutic strategies have been targeted toward this microorganism. However, recent DNA- and RNA-based studies from carious lesions have uncovered an extraordinarily diverse ecosystem where S. mutans accounts only a tiny fraction of the bacterial community. This supports the concept that consortia formed by multiple microorganisms act collectively, probably synergistically, to initiate and expand the cavity. Thus, antimicrobial therapies are not expected to be effective in the treatment of caries and other polymicrobial diseases that do not follow classical Koch's postulates.
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