TABLE 5.
Distribution of genera and species in each histopathological category, as determined by colony counting
| Bacterium | No. of CFU (mean ± SEM)a
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimal inflammatory change | Soft tissue degeneration | Hard tissue degeneration | Inflammatory degenerative change | |
| Prevotella | (5.5 ± 2.2) × 105 | (5.0 ± 2.9) × 105 | (1.0 ± 0.5) × 105 | (4.7 ± 1.5) × 105 |
| F. nucleatum | (1.7 ± 0.4) × 105 | (1.7 ± 0.6) × 105 | (2.1 ± 1.4) × 105 | (1.9 ± 0.6) × 105 |
| Actinomycetes | (3.6 ± 2.0) × 105 | (1.1 ± 0.2) × 105 | (5.2 ± 2.8) × 104 | (2.0 ± 0.6) × 105 |
| Lactobacilli | (1.4 ± 0.7) × 105 | (7.3 ± 2.8) × 105 | (9.1 ± 4.0) × 105 | (6.7 ± 1.4) × 105 |
| Streptococci | (5.1 ± 1.5) × 105 | (1.8 ± 0.6) × 105 | (3.2 ± 1.3) × 105 | (3.5 ± 0.9) × 105 |
a
Data collected for 65 samples, which were tested in triplicate.