Acidogenic effect

Duarte, S., Gregoire, S., Singh, A. P., Vorsa, N., Schaich, K., Bowen, W. H. and Koo, H. 2006. Inhibitory effects of cranberry polyphenols on formation and acidogenicity of Streptococcus mutans biofilms. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 257(1) 50-56. 

The pH and the concentration of calcium in milk also vary, with consequential effects on the properties of renneted milk gels. The addition of CaCl2 to cheesemilk (0.02%) is widely practised and adjustment and standardization of milk pH by using the acidogen, gluconic acid-5-lactone (GDL), is recommended and commercially practised on a limited scale. 

Oliveby A, Weetman DA, Geddes DA, Lagerlof F The effect of salivary clearance of sucrose and fluoride on human dental plaque acidogenicity. Arch Oral Biol 1990 35 907-911. 

Bengtsson S, HaUquist J, Werker A, Welander T. Acidogenic fermentation of industrial vrastevraters effects of chemostat retention time and pH on volatile fatty acids production. Biochem Eng J 2008 40 492-9. 

Colonization of an early lesion by acidogenic organisms such as 5. mutans can prevent effective remineralization by lowering the local pH to such an extent that calcium phosphate precipitation will no longer occur. As well as catalysing remineralization fluoride ions act as inhibitors of bacterial metabolism and the effect of fluoride on acid production by S. mutans has been studied in some detail (see below). 

Ruzicka, M., 1996. The effect of hydrogen on acidogenic glucose cleavage. Water Research 30 (10), 2447-2451. 

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