TABLE 2.

Transmission of salivary bacteria into murine placenta

Bacterium identified in salivaa	No. of mice with placental infection of salivary speciesb
Capnocytophaga gingivalis oral taxon 337
Eikenella corrodens oral taxon 577
Gemella sanguinis oral taxon 757
Granulicatella adiacens oral taxon 534	2
Leptotrichia sp. oral taxon 417
Megasphera micronucliformis oral taxon 122
Neisseria spp.
N. flava oral taxon 609
N. flavescens oral taxon 610	7
N. subflava oral taxon 476	1
Peptostreptococcus stomatis oral taxon 112	1
Porphyromonas spp.
P. endodontalis oral taxon 273
Porphyromonas sp. oral taxon 284
Prevotella sp. oral taxon 308
Streptococcus spp.
S. australis oral taxon 073
S. infantis oral taxon 638
S. mitis oral taxon 398	2
S. mitis oral taxon 677	3
S. oralis oral taxon 707
S. parasanguis II oral taxon 411	1
S. pneumoniae oral taxon 734	1
S. salivarius oral taxon 755	1
Streptococcus sp. oral taxon 058
Veillonella spp.
V. atypica oral taxon 524	2
V. dispar oral taxon 160
V. parvula oral taxon 161	4

^aSpecies identified in the salivary clone library with sequence identities of ≥97% with those available in the HOMD, with the exception of P. stomatis oral taxon 112, which was present in the pooled saliva sample but not detected in the clone library. Taxa overlapping with those identified in subgingival plaque are in boldface type.

^bA total of seven mice were injected with the pooled saliva sample.