Table 4.

Comparison of the bacterial composition of initial subgingival plaque samples collected from healthy subjects to the resulting climax biofilm grown from the samples

	Mean percentages of predominant isolates from eight subjects (±SD)
Bacterial species or taxa1	Initial sample	Climax biofilm
Actinomyces naeslundii	23.75 ± 7.19	11.25 ± 4.81
Veillonella atypica	6.56 ± 2.97	13.44 ± 4.61
Streptococcus gordonii	5.00 ± 3.28	6.56 ± 5.35
Rothia denticariosa	4.69 ± 2.09	2.81 ± 3.11
Streptococcus sanguis	4.06 ± 4.22	12.81 ± 9.31
Actinomyces pyogenes	3.75 ± 4.22	1.25 ± 1.87
Bacteroides coagulans	3.44 ± 4.22	2.19 ± 3.11
Bifidobacterium D02A	3.44 ± 4.22	3.75 ± 4.33
Campylobacter concisus	3.44 ± 3.99	3.44 ± 4.22
Actinomyces odonotolyticus	2.50 ± 2.66	2.81 ± 4.33
Fusobacterium nucleatum	2.50 ± 1.90	2.81 ± 4.33
Leptotrichia buccalis	2.19 ± 1.61	1.88 ± 2.91
Streptococcus M7	1.88 ± 2.91	4.06 ± 5.66
Streptococcus intermedius	1.88 ± 2.21	3.13 ± 2.58
Actinomyces israelii	1.88 ± 2.21	1.25 ± 1.87
Propionibacterium avidum	1.56 ± 1.16	0.31 ± 0.88
Bifidobacterium D05	1.56 ± 2.66	1.56 ± 2.29
Veillonella parvula	1.25 ± 1.87	3.75 ± 2.91
Streptococcus anginosus	0.94 ± 1.87	0.00
Capnocytophaga gingivalis	0.94 ± 1.87	1.88 ± 2.91
Bifidobacterium breve	0.94 ± 1.30	0.63 ± 1.16
Capnocytophaga sputigena	0.63 ± 1.16	1.25 ± 1.87
Lactobacillus rogosae	0.63 ± 1.16	1.56 ± 2.29
Streptococcus sobrinus	0.63 ± 1.16	1.25 ± 1.87
Veillonella dispar	0.63 ± 1.16	1.88 ± 2.91
Prevotella tannerae	0.63 ± 1.16	1.25 ± 1.87
Lactobacillus bifermentans	0.63 ± 1.16	1.25 ± 1.87
Streptococcus oralis	0.31 ± 0.88	0.00
Streptococcus salivarius	0.31 ± 0.88	0.31 ± 0.88
Fusobacterium russi	0.31 ± 0.88	0.00
Prevotella denticola	0.31 ± 0.88	0.00
Prevotella intermedia	0.31 ± 0.88	0.31 ± 0.88
Bifidobacterium angulatum	0.31 ± 0.88	0.63 ± 1.16
Propionibacterium propionicum	0.31 ± 0.88	0.63 ± 1.16
Streptococcus parasanguis	0.00	0.31 ± 0.88
Actinomyces meyeri	0.00	0.31 ± 0.88

¹Identified using the VPI Anaerobe database (Moore 6, Microbial ID, Inc.).