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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Placenta. 2008 Dec 19;30(2):156–162. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.017

Table 1. Experimental groups.

All groups were given ad libitum soft chow enriched with a dextrose solution (30%) as plaque-promoting diet during 16 weeks of experimentation. CMC=carboxymethylcellulose; CFU=colony forming units.

Experimental Group N Description
Blank control 8 High-glucose soft chow
Negative control 8 High-glucose soft chow
CMC topical application
Campylobacter rectus infection 12 High-glucose soft chow
CMC + C. rectus (1×1010 CPU)
Campylobacter rectus and porphyromonas gingivalls infection 12 High-glucose soft chow
CMC + C. rectus (1×1010 CFU)
CMC + P. gingivalis (1×1010 CFU)