Table 1.

16S rDNA Sequences Identified from Liquid Phase of Saliva

Operational Taxonomic Units	Closest Relative	% Sequence Similarity	Accession no.
O-1	Uncultured Actinomyces sp.	100	AF385522
O-2	Uncultured Aquabacterium sp.	100	AF523025
O-3	Uncultured Bacteroidetes	100	X85208
O-4	Diaphorobacter nitroreducens	99	AB076856
O-5	Terrahaemophilus aromaticivorans	99	AB098612
O-6	Oribacterium sinus	99	AY323228
O-7	Uncultured Prevotella sp.	100	AY684414
O-8	Uncultured Veillonella sp.	99	AF366266
O-9	Granulicatella adiacens	99	D50540
O-10	Streptococcus mutans	99	AE014133
O-11	Streptococcus sanguinis	99	AF003928
O-12	Streptococcus oralis	100	AY485602
O-13	Uncultured Streptococcus dysagalactiae	99	AF371509
O-14	Streptococcus thermophilus	99	CP000024
O-15	Streptococcus mitis	100	DQ232534