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Acid Stress Survival Mechanisms of the Cariogenic Bacterium Streptococcus mutans

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Yoshihisa Yamashita and Yukie Shibata

Submitted: 27 February 2011 Published: 22 December 2011

DOI: 10.5772/28369

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Relevant Perspectives in Global Environmental Change

Edited by Julius Ibukun Agboola

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Written By

Yoshihisa Yamashita and Yukie Shibata

Submitted: 27 February 2011 Published: 22 December 2011