INTRODUCTION Whether there is any one bacterium which may always be foundin
decayed dentine, and which might therefore be entitled to the name of the bacterium of tooth …

The classification of the oral streptococci has long remained a difficult area of streptococcal
taxonomy. This article reviews the current classification of these bacteria into four species …

We examined a collection of 151 strains of the viridans type of streptococci, which were
isolated mainly from human oral cavities and included several reference strains, in an …

The genus Steptococcus (Rosenbach, 1844) consists of catalase-negative, Gram-positive
cocci which are arranged in pairs and chains and are usually facultatively anaerobic. A few …

The streptococci represent a large group of fastidious gram-positive microorganisms of
remarkable heterogeneity. Most streptococci are facultative anaerobes and nonmotile, and …

Twelve hundred and twenty-seven clinical isolates and eighty stock strains of viridans
streptococci were tested for serological and physiological characteristics. Because the …

An adhesin of Streptococcus parasanguis FW213, a primary colonizer of the tooth surface,
has been purified from the culture medium by immunoaffinity chromatography. The purified …

Actinomyces viscosus T14V and Streptococcus sanguis 34 coaggregate by a mechanism
which is not inhibited by 1 M NaCl, is dextran independent, requires calcium, is pH …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes devastating chronic pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis
(CF) patients. Although the CF airway is inhabited by diverse species of microorganisms …

We screened 36 strains of Streptococcus sanguis biotype I and 8 strains of S. sanguis
biotype II for the presence of surface structures and for their ability to coaggregate with …