[Table/Fig-3b]:
Bacterial culture growth obtained from calculus samples on chocolate and Mac Conkey agar under aerobic and capnophilic conditions and its subsequent identification.
| Group A | Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highly Mineralized | Moderately Mineralized | Less Mineralized | Gingivitis | Periodontitis | |||
| Total samples | 30 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 |
| Number of samples showing growth | 30 | 29 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 14 |
| No growth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Coagulase negative Staphylococci | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Coagulase positive Staphylococci | 12 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Viridans streptococci | 13 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Lactobacilli | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Pseudomonas | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| E. coli | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Klebsiella | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Proteus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |