Mature Biofilm Degradation by Potential Probiotics: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans versus Lactobacillus spp.

• Norzawani Jaffar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Norzawani Jaffar, Yuya Ishikawa

  Affiliations Department of Biological Functions Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, Faculty of Health Sciences, Gong Badak Campus, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Darul Iman, Malaysia

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• Yuya Ishikawa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Norzawani Jaffar, Yuya Ishikawa

  Affiliation Department of Biological Functions Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan

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• Kouhei Mizuno,

  Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Kitakyushu National College of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

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• Toshinori Okinaga,

  Affiliation School of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu, Japan

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• Toshinari Maeda

  * E-mail: toshi.maeda@life.kyutech.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Biological Functions Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, Japan, Research Center for Advanced Eco-fitting Technology, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6219-9110

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