More than 700 bacterial species or phylotypes, of which over 50% have not been cultivated,
have been detected in the oral cavity. Our purposes were (i) to utilize culture-independent …

… tree construction was written by FE Dewhirst in Microsoft QuickBasic and has been previously
described (48) (the program is available from FE Dewhirst). Trees for this work were made …

The purpose of this study was to determine the bacterial diversity in the human subgingival
plaque by using culture-independent molecular methods as part of an ongoing effort to …

Although Streptococcus mutans has been implicated as a major etiological agent of dental
caries, our cross-sectional preliminary study indicated that 10% of subjects with rampant …

The article focuses on the immense bacterial population in the oral cavity and the pathogenic
potential of all of the bacteria that colonize the oral cavity. Over 700 species have been …

The human oral microbiome is the most studied human microflora, but 53% of the species
have not yet been validly named and 35% remain uncultivated. The uncultivated taxa are …

Although substantial epidemiologic evidence links Streptococcusmutans to caries, the
pathobiology of caries may involve more complex communities of bacterial species. Molecular …

The spatial organization of complex natural microbiomes is critical to understanding the
interactions of the individual taxa that comprise a community. Although the revolution in DNA …

A variety of microbial communities and their genes (microbiome) exist throughout the human
body, playing fundamental roles in human health and disease. The NIH funded Human …

The lymphokine osteoclast-activating factor (OAF) was purified to homogeneity. OAF was
produced by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated with concanavalin A and …