Inhibitory Effect of Enterococcus faecium WB2000 on Volatile Sulfur Compound Production by Porphyromonas gingivalis

Figure 1

Viable counts of P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 in the presence or absence of each of the four lactic acid bacteria (a) and viable counts of lactic acid bacteria in mixed culture with P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 (b). ●: number of P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 in monoculture, ○: number of P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 or E. faecium WB2000 in mixed cultures, △: number of P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 or L. salivarius CIP 103140 in mixed cultures, □: number of P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 or L. reuteri JCM 1112 in mixed cultures, and ⋄: number of P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 or S. salivarius JCM 5707 in mixed cultures.

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