ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ORAL MICROBIOTA FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS
Vipin Unni P.*, Bernaitis L. and Rajendran S.
ABSTRACT
Over 700 bacterial species have been identified from studies of the oral cavity with many studies focusing on the diversity in the oral cavity during disease. Some pathogenic bacteria are known to have formed symbiotic relationships in order to interact and co-inhabit niches within the mouth The study was aimed to isolated and identified the oral microbiota from 1638 oral specimens were collected from the Department of Microbiology, R.V.S Dental College and hospital, Coimbatore. This study isolated and identified several oral bacterial strains which belonged to the species Streptococcus, lactobeccilus, actinomyces, Fusobacterium spp, Bifidobacteriumdentium, Peptostreptococcus spp and Enterococcus with varying antibiotic resistance patterns.
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