Cultivable Anaerobic Microbiota of Infected Root Canals

Table 2

Number of bacterial isolates obtained from infected root canals.

Case	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Total isolates	8	31	15	11	13	7	15	9	9	118 (100.0)^a
Anaerobic	6	30	13	8	13	7	15	6	8	106 (89.8)
Olsenella										30 (25.4)
O. profusa	2	9	6
O. uli		1				1	8
O. species				3
Mogibacterium										21 (17.7)
M. timidum				3	2	6	6		4
Pseudoramibacter										21 (17.7)
P. alactolyticus	1	15	1		1			3
Propionibacterium										14 (11.9)
P. acidifaciens				2
P. acnes					6
P. species			6
Parvimonas										7 (5.9)
P. micra	3				3				1
Acidaminococcus										3 (2.5)
A. intestini		3
Bifidobacterium										3 (2.5)
B. dentium								3
Anaeroglobus										2 (1.7)
A. geminatus									2
Dialister										1 (0.8)
D. invisus		1
Eubacterium										1 (0.8)
E. infirmum		1
Peptostreptococcus										1 (0.8)
P. stomatis									1
Shuttleworthia										1 (0.8)
S. satelles					1
Slackia										1 (0.8)
S. exigua							1
Facultatively anaerobic	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	3	1	12 (10.2)
Streptococcus										6 (5.1)
S. anginosus								2
S. gordonii								1
S. intermedius									1
Campylobacter										3 (2.5)
C. gracilis				3
Lactobacillus										3 (2.5)
L. antri			2
L. crispatus		1
Actinomyces										2 (1.7)
A. israelii	2

^aPercentage is given in parenthesis.