Table 1.
Primers used and strains detected by conventional PCR.
| Name | Target | Strain | Sequence 5'--------------3' | GenBank Accession No | PCR product (bp) |
| OG 43 | 16S rRNA | Actinobacillus actimycetemcomitans | CCAAGTGTGATTAGGTAGTT | M75036 | 226 |
| OG 44 | 16S rRNA | Actinobacillus actimycetemcomitans | ACCAACCTTCCTCAATAC | M75036 | |
| OG53 | 16S rRNA | Prevotella intermedia | CGTATCCAACCTTCCCTCC | X73965 | 389 |
| OG54 | 16S rRNA | Prevotella intermedia | ATTAGCCGGTCCTTATTCGAAG | X73965 | |
| OG94 | prtC | Porphyromonas gingivalis | GAATCAAATACTTCAGCCGTCT | AB006973 | 143 |
| OG95 | prtC | Porpyromonas gingivalis | TTGCAGTTCGTATCGGATCT | AB006973 | |
| OG45 | 16S rRNA | Tannerella forsythensis | GTCGGACTAATACCTCATAAAACA | L16495 | 222 |
| OG46 | 16S rRNA | Tannerella forsythensis | TCGCCCATTGACCAATATT | L16495 | |
| OG348 | 16S rRNA | Treponema denticola | AGAGAAAGGGTAATTTGAAG | AF179264 | 399 |
| OG349 | 16S rRNA | Treponema denticola | TATTATTGTCCCTTCTTTCTT | AF179264 |