Bacterial Diversity in the Human Saliva from Different Ages.
From: Department of Microbiology and Institute of Basic Sciences, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, Repubilic of Korea.
Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea)
- Publish Date: Oct 2006
- ISSN: 1225-8873
- Volume: 44
- Issue: 5
- Pages: 572-6
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Kang Jung-Gyu, Kim Seong Hwan, Ahn Tae-Young, et al. Bacterial Diversity in the Human Saliva from Different Ages.. J. Microbiol. Oct 2006;44:572-6
Abstract
To obtain primary idea on oral bacterium species that are generally present in periodotally healthy Koreans, the oral bacterial flora in the saliva of four periodontally healthy Koreans at different ages (5, 32, 35, 65) was investigated in this study. For this investigation, 16SrRNA gene clone libraries were generated from the saliva of the four healthy Koreans, and 50 clones were randomly selected from each saliva clone library and sequenced. Totally, 37 different kinds of bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences were identified based on sequence homology search through GenBank database. The 37 kinds of saliva clone sequences were classified to 14 genera and 2 uncultured and 1 unidentified bacteria. Among the 14 identified genera, Streptococcus, Prevotella, and Veillonella were common genera, and Streptococcus was dominant genus that accounted for 7 different species. Among the seven Streptococcus species, S. salivarius appeared as the most common species. More numbers of species belonging to the genera Streptococcus and Prevotella was present in saliva from ages 32 and 35. While saliva from ages 5 and 65 showed more numbers of species belonging to the genera Rothia, including potential pathogenic species. Overall, saliva of a young child and a senior showed higher bacterial diversity than that of young adults.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adult, Aged, Bacteria, Child, Preschool, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Saliva, Sequence Analysis, DNA
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