TABLE 1.

Bacterial strains used in this study

Strain
Oral streptococci
Streptococcus mutans Xc
Streptococcus mutans GS-5
Streptococcus mutans MT8148
Streptococcus mutans MT703R
Streptococcus mutans OMZ175
Streptococcus sobrinus OMZ176
Streptococcus sobrinus MT8145
Streptococcus sobrinus 6715
Streptococcus sobrinus OU8
Streptococcus gordonii DL1
Streptococcus mitis 903
Streptococcus sanguinis ATCC 10556
Streptococcus oralis ATCC 10557
Streptococcus salivarius HT9R
Other streptococci
Streptococcus pneumoniae WU2
Actinomyces
Actinomyces naeslundii ATCC 51655
Actinomyces viscosus ATCC 43146
Other bacteria
Fusobacterium nucleatum ATCC 10953
Fusobacterium periodonticum ATCC 33693
Haemophilus aphrophilus NCTC 5908
Eikenella corrodens 1085
Tannerella forsythensis ATCC 43037
Porphyromonas gingivalis W83
Porphyromonas endodontalis ATCC 35406
Prevotella intermedia ATCC 25611
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans ATCC 29523
Treponema denticola ATCC 35404
Escherichia coli DH5α