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The predominant cultivable microflora of advanced periodontitis
Author(s) -
SLOTS JÖRGEN
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.1977.tb00541.x
Subject(s) - actinomyces , fusobacterium nucleatum , obligate anaerobe , bacteroides , microbiology and biotechnology , fusobacterium , biology , periodontitis , obligate , periodontal disease , medicine , dentistry , bacteria , botany , porphyromonas gingivalis , genetics
– A study on the predominant cultivable microorganisms harbored in the base of deep periodontal pockets of eight patients aged 34–48 years was carried out using the roll tube culture technique. From a total of 475 isolates, 425 (89.5 %) were obligate anaerobes, 356 (74.9 %) were Gram‐negative, and 441 (92.8%) were categorized as rods. Bacteroides melaninogenicus and Fusobacterium nucleatum constituted the majority of the isolates in seven samples, but their mutual proportions differed considerably between the samples. One sample was dominated by Actinomyces species. Some periodontopathic potentials of the predominating Gram‐negative rods are summarized.