ReviewMolecular microbiology2011
The pathogenic persona of community-associated oral streptococci.
Review in Molecular microbiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
- Quorum sensing inFrontiers in oral health · 2025Pooled it
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- Modeling chronic periodontitis in rats: Persistent alveolar bone loss mediated by periodontal pathogens.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025Article
- The Oral-Brain Axis in Alzheimer's Disease: From Microbial Dysbiosis to Neurodegeneration.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Effect of Surface Modification of a Dental Composite on the Adhesion ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Biofilms and oral health: nanotechnology for biofilm control.Discover nano · 2025Review
- Elongation factor Tu promotes the onset of periodontitis through mediating bacteria adhesion.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Article
- The role of salivary metabolomics in chronic periodontitis: bridging oral and systemic diseases.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025Review
- Phage-based biocontrol ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- One-carbon metabolism and microbial pathogenicity.Molecular oral microbiology · 2024Review
- Effects of E-Liquids and Their Aerosols on Biofilm Formation and Growth of Oral Commensal Streptococcal Communities: Effect of Cinnamon and Menthol Flavors.Dentistry journal · 2024Article
- Insights into the enigma of oral streptococci in carcinogenesis.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024Review
- Probiotic Effect ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Oral streptococci: modulators of health and disease.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Review
- Social networking at the microbiome-host interface.Infection and immunity · 2023Review
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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
The mitis group streptococci (MGS) are widespread in the oral cavity and are traditionally associated with oral health. However, these organisms have many attributes that contribute to the development of pathogenic oral communities. MGS adhere rapidly to saliva-coated tooth surfaces, thereby providing an attachment substratum for more overtly pathogenic organisms such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, and the two species assemble into heterotypic communities. Close physical association facilitates physiologic support, and pathogens such as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans display resource partitioning to favour carbon sources generated by streptococcal metabolism. MGS exchange information with community members through a number of interspecies signalling systems including AI-2 and contact dependent mechanisms. Signal transduction systems induced in P. gingivalis are based on protein dephosphorylation mediated by the tyrosine phosphatase Ltp1, and converge on a LuxR-family transcriptional regulator, CdhR. Phenotypic responses in P. gingivalis include regulation of hemin uptake systems and gingipain activity, processes that are intimately linked to the virulence of the organism. Furthermore, communities of S. gordonii with P. gingivalis or with A. actinomycetemcomitans are more pathogenic in animal models than the constituent species alone. We propose that MGS should be considered accessory pathogens, organisms whose pathogenic potential only becomes evident in the context of a heterotypic microbial community.
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