TABLE 5.

Correlations between Lactobacillus species and histopathological categories^a

Histological category	Microbial association	r	P
Minimal inflammatory change	L. gasseri, L. salivarius	0.6729	<0.0001
	L. salivarius, L. rhamnosus	0.5124	0.0053
	L. gasseri, L. rhamnosus	0.5083	0.0057
Soft tissue degenerative change	L. rhamnosus, L. gasseri	0.6553	0.0023
	L. rhamnosus, L. ultunensis	0.6375	0.0033
Hard tissue degenerative change	L. fermentum, L. salivarius	0.8748	0.0123
	L. fermentum, L. rhamnosus	0.8669	0.0123
	L. gasseri, L. crispatus	0.7952	0.0341
Inflammatory degenerative change	L. gasseri, L. crispatus	0.7075	0.0149
	L. gasseri, L. ultunensis	0.6392	0.0342

^aCorrelation coefficients were calculated with the Spearman test.