TABLE 1.
Strains and amplification results
| Strain | Source or distribution | Amplification with primer:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. mutans | S. sobrinus | Universal | ||
| Oral streptococci | ||||
| Mutans group (serotype) | ||||
| Streptococcus mutans | Human | |||
| GS-5 (c) | + | − | + | |
| MT8148 (c) | + | − | + | |
| Xc (c) | + | − | + | |
| MT703R (e) | + | − | + | |
| OMZ175 (f) | + | − | + | |
| Streptococcus sobrinus | Human | |||
| MT8145 (d) | − | + | + | |
| OMZ176 (d) | − | + | + | |
| 6715 (g) | − | + | + | |
| OU8 (g) | − | + | + | |
| Streptococcus downei | Monkey | |||
| Mfe28 (h) | − | − | + | |
| S28 (h) | − | − | + | |
| Streptococcus ratti | Rat | |||
| BHT (b) | − | − | + | |
| FA1 (b) | − | − | + | |
| Streptococcus cricetus | Hamster | |||
| E49 (a) | − | − | + | |
| HS1 (a) | − | − | + | |
| Mitis-sanguinis group | ||||
| Streptococcus mitis 903 | Human | − | − | + |
| Streptococcus sanguinis ATCC 10556 | Human | − | − | + |
| Streptococcus gordonii DL1 | Human | − | − | + |
| Streptococcus oralis ATCC 10557 | Human | − | − | + |
| Salivarius group | ||||
| Streptococcus salivarius HT9R | Human | − | − | + |
| Anginosus group | ||||
| Streptococcus anginosus FW73 | Human | − | − | + |
| Other bacteria | ||||
| Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC 33277 | Human | − | − | + |
| Actinibacillus actinomyce- temcomitans Y4 | Human | − | − | + |
| Treponema denticola | Human | |||
| ATCC 35404 | − | − | + | |
| ATCC 35405 | − | − | + | |
| Bacteroides forsythus ATCC 43037 | Human | − | − | + |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 10953 | Human | − | − | + |
| Prevotella intermedia ATCC 25611 | Human | − | − | + |
| Haemophilus aphrophilus NCTC 5908 | Human | − | − | + |
| Eikenella corrodens 1085 | Human | − | − | + |
| Escherichia coli DH5α | GIBCO BRL | − | − | + |