TABLE 1.
Visualization of bacterial species kept in HEPES buffer at different pH values with C-SNARF-4
| Strain | Visualization at pHa: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | |
| A. naeslundii AK 6 | + | + | + | (+) | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| A. viscosus CCUG 33710 | + | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| B. dentium DSM 20436 | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| E. faecalis DSM 20478 | + | + | + | + | + | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| F. nucleatum ATCC 10953 | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| L. paracasei DSM 20020 | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| N. subflava DSM 17610 | + | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 | + | + | + | + | + | + | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| P. intermedia CCUG 24041 | + | + | + | + | + | + | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| S. gordonii ATCC 10558 | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| S. mitis SK24 | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| S. mutans DSM 20523 | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| S. oralis NCTC 7864 | + | + | + | + | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| S. sanguinis ATCC 10556 | + | + | + | + | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
| V. parvula CCUG 5123 | + | + | + | + | (+) | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ | ÷ |
a
+ indicates that a strain was visualized well at a given pH. (+) indicates that a strain was visualized but with low contrast compared to the extracellular background. ÷ indicates that a strain could not be distinguished from the extracellular background at a given pH.