Table 1.
Bacterial strains and their abbreviations used in the text.
| Strain | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Actinomyces naeslundii ATCC 12104 | An |
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans HG 683* | Aa |
| Campylobacter rectus HG 963* | Cr |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 25586 | Fn |
| Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356 | La |
| Parvimonas micra HG 1179* | Pm |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis K- HG 91* | Pg K- |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis K1 HG 66/W83* | Pg K1 |
| Porphyromonas gingivalis K6 HG 1691* | Pg K6 |
| Prevotella intermedia HG 110* | Pi |
| Prevotella nigrescens HG 70* | Pn |
| Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 2592 | Sa |
| Streptococcus mutans HG 708* | Sm |
| Streptococcus sanguinis HG 1471* | Ss |
| Tannerella forsythia ATCC 43037 | Tf |
| Veillonella parvula HG 318* | Vp |
*
Clinical isolates.