Table 3.

Species with the highest prevalences in subjects regardless of site^a

Species	No. of subjects (n=30)	No. of samples (n=150)
Streptococcus oralis oral taxon 707	30	122
Veillonella atypica oral taxon 524	30	101
Streptococcus parasanguinis oral taxon 721	30	97
Campylobacter rectus/concisus oral taxon 748/575	30	96
Streptoccous salivarius/FO042 oral taxon 755/067	30	88
Gemella hemolysans/sanguinis oral taxon 626/575	30	82
Fusobacterium nucleatum ss. polymorphum oral taxon 202	29	110
Haemophilus parainfluenzae/A. aphrophilus oral taxon 718/545	27	84
Parvimonas micra oral taxon 111	27	60
Campylobacter gracilis oral taxon 623	27	49
Veillonella parvula oral taxon 161	27	47
Prevotella melaninogenica/BE073 oral taxon 469/298	25	29
Gemella morbillorum oral taxon 046	24	64
Fusobacterium periodonticum oral taxon 201	24	49
Campylobacter concisus oral taxon 575	24	46
Eubacterium saburreum/DO088 oral taxon 494/082	22	49
Synergistes sp. clone W090 oral taxon 363	22	35
Rothia mucilaginosa oral taxon 681	22	23
Capnocytophaga sputigena oral taxon 775	21	44
Kingella oralis oral taxon 706	21	35

^aSpecies found in more than two thirds of the subjects are arranged according to their overall prevalence.