Many oral diseases are related to the interaction between microorganisms in the oral cavity. These microbial interactions are necessarily associated with the development of dental plaque and can lead to oral diseases including dental caries and perhaps oral cancer. It is estimated that up to 70% of people with a healthy oral cavity possessCandida albicansin their mouth.This normally does not harm the individual, however, in the event of disease,C. albicansmay cause harm especially in those with a high carbohydrate diet, tobacco smoking or drug abuse. The objective of our study was to understand the communication between the most important oral microorganisms, the yeast,C. albicansstrains, and bacteria,A. naeslundiiandS. mutans.

Fig. 1. SEM of C. albicans auto-aggregation (A & E), inter-kingdom interaction with A. naeslundii (B & F), S. mutans (C & G) and both bacteria (D & H). C. albicans was grown as hyphae form (A, B, C & D) and yeast form (E, F, G & H). Magnification is as shown on each image (6500x and 10000x).

To study this interaction,C. albicansthat was grown as either long branching filmanets (hyphae) as well as single buddding yeast, and withA. naeslundiiandS. mutanswere suspended in separate sterile tubes containing buffer. The suspension was incubated for an hour at room temperature and the turbidity at 1 hour was measured using a spectrophotometer. The yeast auto-aggregated more when grown as hyphae than yeast for the majority ofC. albicansstrains. Further, co-aggregation ofC. albicanswithA. naeslundiiand/orS. mutanswas variable amongC. albicansstrains. Finally, scanning electron microscopy images showed thatA. naeslundiiandS. mutansco-aggregated withC. albicans(Figure 1).We can concluded thatC. albicanscommunicate withA. naeslundiiandS. mutansand this may contribute to the development of oral diseases such as dental caries.

Mohd Hafiz Arzmi and Michael McCullough

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Coaggregation白色念珠菌,放线菌美国slundii and Streptococcus mutans is Candida albicans strain dependent.
Arzmi MH, Dashper S, Catmull D, Cirillo N, Reynolds EC, McCullough M
FEMS Yeast Res. 2015 Aug

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