TABLE 1.
Reference strains used for determining primer specificity
| Bacterium | Strain | Sourcea |
|---|---|---|
| Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans | ATCC 43717 | ATCC |
| Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans | ATCC 33384 | ATCC |
| Prevotella intermedia | ATCC 49046 | ATCC |
| Prevotella nigrescens | NCTC 9336 | ATCC |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | ATCC 33277 | ATCC |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | HG564 | KCTC |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | ATCC 53978 | ATCC |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis | A7A1-28 | KCTC |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | ATCC 25586 | ATCC |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | ATCC 10953 | ATCC |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | 5119 | KCTC |
| Streptococcus gordonii | ATCC 49818 | ATCC |
| Streptococcus rattus | BHT | KCTC |
| Streptococcus sanguis | 4 | KCTC |
| Streptococcus mitior | 903 | ATCC |
| Streptococcus sobrinus | ATCC 27351 | ATCC |
| Streptococcus mutans | Ingbritt | KCTC |
a
ATCC, American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, Va.); KCTC, Korean Collection for Type Culture (Taejon, Korea).