Nitrate as a potential prebiotic for the oral microbiome
Nitrate as a potential prebiotic for the oral microbiome
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DOI:
10.1038/s41598-020-69931-x
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发表时间:
2020-07-30
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4.6
通讯作者:
Mira, Alex
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作者:
Rosier, B. T.;Buetas, E.;Mira, Alex
The salivary glands actively concentrate plasma nitrate, leading to high salivary nitrate concentrations (5-8 mM) after a nitrate-rich vegetable meal. Nitrate is an ecological factor that can induce rapid changes in structure and function of polymicrobial communities, but the effects on the oral microbiota have not been clarified. To test this, saliva of 12 healthy donors was collected to grow in vitro biofilms with and without 6.5 mM nitrate. Samples were taken at 5 h (most nitrate reduced) and 9 h (all nitrate reduced) of biofilm formation for ammonium, lactate and pH measurements, as well as 16S rRNA gene Illumina sequencing. Nitrate did not affect biofilm growth significantly, but reduced lactate production, while increasing the observed ammonium production and pH (all p