Germaine, Gregory, Ph.D., Department of Microbiology in the Medical School at the University of Minnesota

Professor and Head
Department of Oral Sciences

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977

germa001@umn.edu

Research Interests:

Oral microbiology; microbial physiology

Areas that my colleagues and I investigate include: intraoral factors and interbacterial relationships that might contribute to establishing and maintaining the normal human oral bacterial flora; mechanisms of action of salivary lactoperoxidase and lysozyme on oral microorganisms; and virulence factors of periodontopathogens.

Selected Publications:

Wang, Y.-B., and G.R. Germaine. (1994) Lysozyme inhibition of glucose transport in Streptococcus mutans 10449. Chin. Dent. J. 13:161-167.

Wang,Y.-B., and G.R. Germaine. (1993) Effects of pH, potassium, magnesium, and bacterial growth phase on lysozyme inhibition of glucose fermentation by Streptococcus mutans 10449. J. Dent. Res. 72:907-911.

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