Group | Predominant genus or family | Total viable count (mean percent) | |||
Tongue | Saliva | Gingival crevice | Dental plaque | ||
Anaerobes (1011 CFU/g)* | |||||
Gram + cocci | Peptostreptococcus | 4.2 | 13.0 | 7.4 | 13.0 |
Gram – cocci, Gram + rods | Veillonella | 16.0 | 15.9 | 10.7 | 6.0 |
Actinomyces, Eubacterium, Lactobacillus, Leptotrichia | 7.4 | 4.8 | 20.2 | 18.0 | |
Gram – rods | Fusobacterium, Bacteroides, Prevotella, Porphyromonas | 8.2 | 4.8 | 16.1 | 10.0 |
Aerobes (1010 CFU/g)* | |||||
Gram + cocci | Streptococcus | 44.8 | 46.2 | 28.8 | 28.0 |
Gram – cocci | Moraxella | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Gram + rods | Lactobacillus, Corynebacterium | 13.0 | 11.8 | 15.3 | 24.0 |
Gram – rods | Enterobacteriaceae | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | Not done |
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