Appendix

Summary of Human Commensal Oral Microbiota

* Dominant genera of the oral cavity

** The most abundant genera of the oral cavity164

TABLE KEY

I	Infants
A	Adults
Habitat 1	Saliva, tongue, throat, tonsils
Habitat 2	Cheek, gums, roof of the mouth
Habitat 3	Supragingival dental plaque
Habitat 4	Subgingival dental plaque
BP	Lowers blood pressure Oral Microbes Involved in Disease

Oral Microbes Involved in Disease

DISEASE

Cavities

ORAL MICROBES

Actinomyces, S. mitis, S. mutans, S. salivarius, S. sobrinus, Candida

DISEASE

Infected root canals

ORAL MICROBES

Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas endodontalis, Prevotella baroniae, Tannerella forsythia

DISEASE

Gingivitis

ORAL MICROBES

Actinobacillus, Campylobacter, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas gingivalis

DISEASE

Periodontitis

ORAL MICROBES

Eubacterium saphenum, Parvimonas micra, Prevotella denticola, Prevotella gingivalis, Treponema denticola, Treponema forsythia

DISEASE

Atherosclerotic plaques

ORAL MICROBES

Fusobacterium nucleatum, Neisseria, Prevotella gingivalis, Streptococcus sanguinis, Treponema denticola, Treponema forsythia

DISEASE

Rheumatoid arthritis joints

ORAL MICROBES

Prevotella intermedia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Serratia proteamaculans

DISEASE

“Pathogenic bacteria” common in healthy mouths

ORAL MICROBES

Bifidobacteriaceae species, Haemophilus influenza, Moraxella catarrhalis, Neisseria meningitides, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Treponema species

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