Table 1.
Subgingival bacterial loada in the periodontal pockets adjacent to the harvested gingival tissue samples
| Bacterial species | Minimum | 25th pctlb | Median | 75th pctl | Maximum | AVG | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. actinomycetemcomitans | 1.4 | 8.9 | 18.1 | 63.6 | 2306.9 | 58.5 | 154.5 |
| P. gingivalis | 1.1 | 8.8 | 112.6 | 442.0 | 9740.5 | 379.3 | 821.5 |
| T. forsythia | 3.1 | 44.4 | 236.2 | 758.0 | 4867.5 | 543.2 | 762.9 |
| T. denticola | 1.6 | 12.2 | 70.2 | 201.3 | 3318.5 | 190.8 | 360.5 |
| P. intermedia | 4.0 | 88.2 | 245.4 | 531.8 | 7189.3 | 470.2 | 762.7 |
| F. nucleatum | 14.4 | 113.1 | 200.4 | 348.6 | 6470.1 | 270.4 | 399.5 |
| P. micra | 4.6 | 60.7 | 118.3 | 211.4 | 5606.5 | 189.1 | 351.9 |
| C. rectus | 1.1 | 10.3 | 28.3 | 76.3 | 2457.8 | 89.1 | 219.1 |
| E. corrodens | 1.0 | 14.3 | 29.0 | 71.8 | 2801.0 | 74.9 | 185.6 |
| V. parvula | 1.5 | 17.1 | 35.8 | 95.2 | 3004.0 | 105.1 | 238.9 |
| A. naeslundii | 3.8 | 93.5 | 179.1 | 408.3 | 11353.1 | 434.4 | 1003.2 |
a Values are bacterial counts × 10 000, obtained through checkerboard DNA-DNA hybridization, and represent the average load of the two pockets adjacent to each tissue sample.
b Percentile.