TABLE 5.

Putative pathogens in subgingival plaque^a

Phylotype or species by phylum	No. of clones identified
TM7
Clone I025	6
Deferribacteres
Clone BH017	43
Clone D084	20
Clone W028	6
Clone W090	18
Spirochaetes
Clone Treponema sp. 1:G:T21	27
Clone Treponema sp. 2:10:D12	9
Treponema socranskii sub sp. buccale	17
Fusobacteria
Fusobacterium animalis	43
Actinobacteria
Atopobium parvulum	15
Atopobium rimae	114
Firmicutes
Clone Eubacterium sp. PUS9.170	9
Clone Megasphaera sp. BB166	18
Abiotrophia adiacens	8
Catonella morbi	7
Dialister pneumonsintes	7
Eubacterium saphenum	15
Filifactor alocis	20
Gemella haemolysans	11
Selenomonas sp. strain GAA14	12
Streptococcus constellatus	20
Proteobacteria
Clone Desulfobulbus sp. R004	23
Campylobacter gracilis	11
Campylobacter rectus	8
Haemophilus parainfluenzae	11
Bacteroidetes
Bacteroides forsythus	11
Prevotella tannerae	15
Porphyromonas endodontalis	10
Porphyromonas gingivalis	8

^aDetected in at least four diseased subjects, but not in healthy subjects. Data were derived from Fig. 1 through 7.