Seq #35 Thursday, March 22, 2007

9:00 AM-10:30 AM Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 296, Oral
Streptococci I
Chairpersons: J. KRETH and A.L. HONEYMAN
 
0144  9:00 AM Gap3 Site-Directed-Mutagenesis Affects Streptococcus parasanguis Fap1 Glycosylation and Bacterial Adhesion
Z. PENG1, H. WU2, and P. FIVES-TAYLOR1, 1University of Vermont, Burlington, USA, 2UAB School of Dentistry, Birmingham, AL, USA
0145  9:15 AM Sortase-Cleaved C-terminal Peptides Regulate Adhesion in Streptococcus gordonii
J. KRETH, A. KHAMMANIVONG, Y. LEI, Y. ZHANG, and M.C. HERZBERG, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
0146  9:30 AM Mechanisms underlying the commensal and probiotic properties of Streptococcus salivarius
C. COSSEAU1, D. DEVINE2, E. DULLAGHAN3, R. FALSAFI1, L. YU1, J. TAGG4, and R.E.W. HANCOCK1, 1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 3Inimex Pharmaceuticals, Vancouver, Canada, 4University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
0147  9:45 AM Regulation of Mutacin Expression by Glucosyltransferase genes in Streptococcus mutans
L. ZHU1, J. MERRITT2, J. KRETH3, W. SHI4, and F. QI2, 1UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA, 3University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 4University of California Los Angeles, USA
0148  10:00 AM The Streptococcus mutans bglP gene is regulated by multiple mechanisms
A.L. HONEYMAN, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA
0149  10:15 AM A Novel, Density Dependent Two-Gene Operon in Streptococcus mutans
J. MERRITT1, L. ZHENG2, W. SHI3, and F. QI1, 1University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA, 2China Medical University, Shenyang, China, 3University of California Los Angeles, USA

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