Journal of microbiological methodsBiofilmsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationDNABacterialHumans
Correlative imaging of extracellular DNA and pH at the microscale in the extracellular matrix of dental biofilms.
Dominique C S Evans, Eero J Raittio, Marie B Lund, Rikke L Meyer, Sebastian Schlafer, Mathilde F Kristensen
Published: 202510.1016/j.mimet.2025.107298
Abstract
Extracellular DNA (eDNA) is a ubiquitous component of the extracellular matrix of bacterial biofilms, which has been proposed to act as a proton trap. Locally trapped protons will influence the pH of biofilms on the microscale; therefore, we develope…
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