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Table 1 Common bacterial species found in endodontic root canals and culture condition

From: Evaluation of ciprofloxacin and metronidazole encapsulated biomimetic nanomatrix gel on Enterococcus faecalis and Treponema denticola

Bacterial species

Source

Media

Condition

Liquid

Solid

A. actinomycetemcomitans

Y4

BHI broth

BHI + agar

37°C, 5% CO2

F. nucleatum

ATCC 23726

BHI broth

BHI + agar

37°C, Anaerobic

P. endodontalis

ATCC 35496

Pg broth

Blood agar

37°C, Anaerobic

P. gingivalis

2561

Pg broth

Blood agar

37°C, Anaerobic

P. nigrescens

ATCC 33563

Pg broth

Blood agar

37°C, Anaerobic

P. intermedia

ATCC 25611

Pg broth

Blood agar

37°C, Anaerobic

T. forsythia

ATCC 43037

PY borth

NAM medium

37°C, Anaerobic

T. denticola

ATCC 3521

TYGVS

TYGVS + agar

37°C, Anaerobic

E. faecalis

ATCC 4083

BHI broth

BHI + agar

37°C, Facultative

L. casei

HY 2782

MRS

MRS + agar

37°C, Facultative

S. gordonii

G9B

BHI broth

BHI + agar

37°C, Facultative

S. mutans

GS5

BHI broth

BHI + agar

37°C, Facultative

S. sobrinus

6715

BHI broth

BHI + agar

37°C, Facultative

S. sanguinis

clinical isolates

BHI broth

BHI + agar

37°C, Facultative

  1. BHI: Brain-heart infusion, Pg: Porphyromonas gingivalis , TYGVS: tryptone-yeast extract-gelatin-volatile fatty acids-serum, MRS: deMan, Rogosa and Sharpe, NAM: N-acetylmuramic acid.