Primary Recipient

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, THE

Amount

$52,833.00

Award Date

9/22/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Streptococcus mutans is the primary cariogen that produces several virulence factors. The long-term goal of the proposed studies is to characterize specific interactions of S. mutans with oral bacteria in the dental plaque biofilm. We hypothesize that it