Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We previously isolated the plant-derived lactic acid bacterium (LAB) strain, designated BM53-1, from catmint (Actinidia polygama) and identified it as Lactobacillus reuteri. The one of the caries causative bacterium Streptococcus mutans forms biofilm, and the BM53-1 strain produces anti biofilm-forming activity compound in culture broth. In the present study, it was found that the anti biofilm compound alternates the gene expression balances of gtf genes, which are necessary to biofilm formation, by using the quantitative PCR method.
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