TABLE 2.
Viable microbial populations in animals' plaque biofilms
| Group | Microbial population (CFU/jaw) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| S. mutans | C. albicans | Total flora (107) | |
| Coinfected | (6.1 ± 1.3) × 106 | (2.9 ± 1.2) × 105 | 2.4 ± 0.2 |
| Infected with S. mutans UA159 alone | (1.9 ± 0.3) × 166* | — | 1.6 ± 0.1 |
| Infected with C. albicans SC5314 alone | — | (1.0 ± 0.3) × 104* | 2.7 ± 0.4 |
| Uninfected | — | — | 1.3 ± 0.2 |
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Data are mean viable populations of S. mutans, C. albicans, and total flora ± standard deviations (n = 11). —, not detected. Asterisks indicate that the values for the two infection groups are significantly different from each other (P, <0.05). The values for total flora do not differ significantly for the different infection groups (P, >0.05).