Table 2.

Microorganisms predominant in periodontal plaque samples and significantly correlated with human periodontitis

Relative signal*	Bacterial species	Human Oral Taxon	Pathogen classification	p value***
3.95	Campylobacter concisus / Campylobacter rectus	HOT-575** HOT 748**	Green complex/Orange complex	0.045
3.4	Parvimonas micra	HOT-111**	Orange complex	0.029
2.95	Tannerella forsythia	HOT-613**	Red complex	0.001
2.9	Eubacterium [XI][G-5] saphenum	HOT-759**	Potential pathogen	0.016
2.4	Peptostreptococcus stomatis	HOT-112	Potential pathogen	0.005
2.35	Porphyromonas endodontalis	HOT-273**	Potential pathogen	0.004
2.3	Porphyromonas gingivalis	HOT-619**	Red complex	0.001
2.2	Eubacterium [XI][G-6] nodatum	HOT-694**	Orange complex	0.001
2.1	Selenomonas infelix	HOT-639**	Potential pathogen	0.045
2.1	Desulfobulbus sp.	HOT-041	Potential pathogen	0.001
2.05	Dialister pneumosintes	HOT-736	Potential pathogen	0.025
2.05	Treponema maltophilum	HOT-664	Potential pathogen	0.015
1.95	Filifactor alocis	HOT-539**	Potential pathogen	0.029
1.9	Mogibacterium timidum	HOT-042	Potential pathogen	0.001

^*Relative signal = mean signal intensity compared to the universal probe signal ranging from 0-5, categorized as 0=signal absence and 5=highest signal, as described by Colombo et al 2009.

^**Microorganisms evaluated in this study

^***p values adjusted with Benjamini–Hochberg procedure