Table 3.

Selected bacterial phylotypes identified in either of OSCC subjects and their putative virulence properties.

Bacterial Phylotypes	Characteristics	Reference/s
Actinomyces georgiae	oral biofilm	(Henssge, et al., 2009)
Actinomyces naeslundii	oral biofilm	(Henssge, et al., 2009)
Bifidobacterium breve	intestinal inflammation	(Heuvelin, et al., 2009)
Capnocytophaga spp	periodontal diseases, septicaemia	(Jolivet-Gougeon, et al., 2007)
Clostridium butyricum	intestinal toxemia botulism	(Fenicia, et al., 2002)
Prevotella melaninogenica	oral cancer	(Mager, et al., 2005)
Tissierella praeacuta		(Papaparaskevas, 2005)
Fusobacterium necrophorum	septicemia, tonsillitis	(Riordan, 2007)
Gemella haemolysans	Meningitis, renal failure	(Eisenhut, et al., 2004, Anil, et al., 2007)
Parvimonas	apical abscesses	(Siqueira & Rocas, 2009)
Peptostreptococcus micros	chronic inflammatory	(Tanabe, et al., 2007)
Porphyromonas gingivalis	periodontitis, rheumatoid arthritis, OSCC	(Mager, et al., 2005, Rosenstein, et al., 2009)
Prevotella intermedia/nigrescens	extraoral and some odontogenic Infections	(Mättö, 1997)
Rothia mucilaginosa	bacteremia	(Vaccher, et al., 2007)
Staphylococcus saccharolyticus	infective endocarditis	(Westblom, et al., 1990)