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Streptococci gordonii biofilm grown on a dental restorative; imaged by scanning electron microscopy.
Dental restoratives are a perfect surface for the prolific growth of bacterial biofilm cultures. S. gordonii in particular is a pioneering colonizer of tooth surfaces, allowing other bacteria to colonize the surface, forming a robust dental plaque.This image shows the extracellular polymeric substances that are released to create a caged hammock around the bacteria protecting them from environment…
Creator
- Gemma Cotton
Subject
- SEM
- Bacterial infection
- Cage
- Mesh
- Blue
- Brown
- Mashup
Creator
- Gemma Cotton
Subject
- SEM
- Bacterial infection
- Cage
- Mesh
- Blue
- Brown
- Mashup
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Gemma Cotton
Source
- B0011348
Identifier
- B0011348
- u4ahgep3
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:09:13.246Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:09:13.246Z