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ArticleJournal of oral microbiology2026

An innovative microplate-based method to measure coaggregation between a model pair of coaggregating oral bacteria.

S C Vear, A N Patel, M A L Hayashi, A H Rickard

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Article in Journal of oral microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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S C VearDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
A N PatelDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
M A L HayashiDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3335-6196
A H RickardDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5915-4176

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Coaggregation is proposed to enhance oral biofilm development. This study aims to evaluate an innovative high-throughput spectrophotometric method for quantifying coaggregation, which relies upon dome-shaped wells (DSWs) in microplates to partition coaggregates in cell suspensions, and compare its utility against other established methods. Materials and methods: Batch-cultured cells of Results: In either buffer, Conclusion: Using DSWs in combination with B-KCl provided a high-throughput quantitative approach to study coaggregation between

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aggregationbiofilmcell-cell interactionscuvetteMethod developmentmicroplatemicroscopy

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