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. 2008 Apr 2;46(6):2015–2021. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02411-07

TABLE 5.

Distribution of major species in the sample groups

Species Control subjects (n = 10)
RC subjects (n = 11)
No. of clones No. of subjects with species hrRC samplese
Carious samples
Dentinal samples
No. of clones No. of subjects with species No. of clones No. of subjects with species No. of clones No. of subjects with species
Propionibacterium sp. strain FMA5a 43 7
Pseudoramibacter alactolyticusa 1 1 76 3
Prevotella multisaccharivorax AB200414a 5 1 6 1
Enterococcus faecalisa 5 1 49 1
Lactobacillus spp.a 4 3 14 6 57 5
Atopobium spp. Olsenella spp.a 7 3 16 7 32 7
Lactobacillus casei/Lactobacillus paracasei/Lactobacillus rhamnosusa 2 1 7 2 31 5
Actinomyces spp.a 25 5 30 5 22 4 70 8
Selenomonas sp. clone CS002a 4 2 2 1 92 7 48 6
Streptococcus mutansa 3 1 25 3 17 3 52 5
Actinomyces sp. clone IP073a 7 1 12 5 10 3 36 4
Dialister invisusa 7 3 7 4 24 5 16 5
Selenomonas sp. strain GAA14a 1 1 8 3 10 5 11 4
Prevotella denticolab 3 1 9 5 33 5 8 3
Prevotella melaninogenicab 2 2 14 5 20 5 4 2
Selenomonas sp. clone FT050b 3 2 19 6 2 2 2 2
Anaeroglobus spp./Megasphaera spp.b 9 3 17 3 26 6 13 5
Selenomonas sputigenab 5 4 61 10 12 7 8 4
Veillonella parvula/Veillonella disparb 58 9 103 9 126 9 42 8
Veillonella sp. clone AA050b 82 9 74 7 78 7 23 6
Corynebacterium matruchotiic 41 8 7 3 25 4 20 4
Campylobacter gracilisc 13 6 63 9 22 6 7 3
Selenomonas sp. clone IQ048c 9 4 16 4 8 5 4 2
Prevotella nigrescensc 13 5 16 6 6 3 4 2
Selenomonas infelixc 12 5 24 4 13 3 2 2
Selenomonas sp. clone AA024/DS051c 14 5 3 2 1 1 6 2
Streptoccocus gordoniic 36 6 14 3 9 5 5 3
Campylobacter curvusc 10 7 4 2 3 2 2 2
Leptotrichia spp.c 33 9 24 6 7 3 16 2
Granulicatella adiacensd 26 4 5 2 16 3 1 1
Streptococcus sanguinisd 6 5 1 1 2 2 1 1
Streptococcus cristatusd 22 6 6 2 2 1 1 1
Selenomonas noxiad 45 7 25 3 15 2 5 1
Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. polymorphumd 50 10 22 3 34 4 1 1
Streptococcus anginosusd 7 3 9 3 8 3
Streptococcus mitis bv. 2d 11 5 4 3 11 2
Prevotella conceptionensisd 19 5 8 3 7 1
Kingella oralisd 11 5 1 1
a

Species associated with RC subjects.

b

Species associated with both control and RC subjects.

c

Species associated more with control than with RC subjects.

d

Species associated with control subjects.