TABLE 3.
Species of Streptoccocus present at 4 and 8 h of enamel colonization
| % of sequences for indicated subject ata:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Subject 1
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Subject 2
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Subject 3
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| 4 h | 8 h | 4 h | 8 h | 4 h | 8 h | |
| S. oralis/S. mitis | 26.7 | 23.1 | 70.0 | 100.0 | 54.9 | 84.9 |
| S. salivarius/S. vestibularis/ S. thermophilus | 4.7 | 14.3 | None | None | None | None |
| S. infantis | 14.0 | 11.0 | 6.7 | None | 17.7 | 9.4 |
| S. sanguinis | 15.1 | 6.6 | 16.7 | None | 7.8 | None |
| S. parasanguinis | 3.5 | 13.2 | None | None | None | None |
| S. gordonii | 1.2 | 6.6 | None | None | 7.8 | None |
| S. anginosus | 3.5 | 6.6 | None | None | None | None |
| S. bovis | 1.2 | None | None | None | None | None |
| S. cristatus | None | None | None | None | None | 3.8 |
| Other | 30.2 | 18.7 | 6.7 | None | 11.8 | 1.9 |
a
Data represent the percentages of sequences from samples that after phylogenetic analysis were >98% similar to the sequence of a validated Streptococcus reference strain. Sequences with <98% similarity to any known Streptococcus spp. were left unclassified and appear in the table as “other.”