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Tyrrell KL, Citron DM, Warren YA, et al. Anaerobic bacteria cultured from the tongue dorsum of subjects with oral malodor. Anaerobe. 2003;9(5):243-6doi: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00109-4.
Tyrrell, K. L., Citron, D. M., Warren, Y. A., Nachnani, S., & Goldstein, E. J. (2003). Anaerobic bacteria cultured from the tongue dorsum of subjects with oral malodor. Anaerobe, 9(5), 243-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00109-4
Tyrrell, Kerin L, et al. "Anaerobic bacteria cultured from the tongue dorsum of subjects with oral malodor." Anaerobe vol. 9,5 (2003): 243-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00109-4
Tyrrell KL, Citron DM, Warren YA, Nachnani S, Goldstein EJ. Anaerobic bacteria cultured from the tongue dorsum of subjects with oral malodor. Anaerobe. 2003 Oct;9(5):243-6. doi: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00109-4. PMID: 16887710.
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Anaerobe. 2003 Oct;9(5):243-6. doi: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00109-4.

Anaerobic bacteria cultured from the tongue dorsum of subjects with oral malodor.

Anaerobe

Kerin L Tyrrell, Diane M Citron, Yumi A Warren, Sushma Nachnani, Ellie J C Goldstein

Affiliations

  1. R.M. Alden Research Laboratory, Santa Monica/UCLA Medical Center, 2001 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 685W, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16887710 DOI: 10.1016/S1075-9964(03)00109-4

Abstract

The bacteria on the dorsum of the tongue are the most frequent cause of oral malodor; however, the bacterial flora of the tongue has not been well defined. Although recent studies have used DNA probes to detect the presence of certain periodontal pathogens, cultural studies have been limited because of the complexity of the flora of the tongue dorsum. The purpose of this study was to grow and to identify maximum numbers of capnophylic Gram-negative bacilli and anaerobic micro-organisms by culturing tongue samples on to several selective and non-selective media. The most frequently isolated species included Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Collinsella aerofaciens, Eubacterium group, Actinomyces spp., Eikenella corrodens, Veillonella spp., Fusobacterium nucleatum, pigmented Prevotella spp. and Selenomonas spp. Reported for the first time are Actinomyces turicensis, Collinsella aerofaciens, Eubacterium saburreum, E. timidum, Prevotella tannerae, Campylobacter concisus, Campylobacter mucosalis, Leptotrichia buccalis, Selenomonas flueggei, and Centipeda periodontii. Species not previously reported in studies that used only molecular techniques were identified in the present study.

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