title: Cigarette smoking and the microbial flora of the mouth.
abstract: A range of selective media was used to culture the microbial flora of the dental plaque, tongue and palate, The subjects were five young men who smoked more than twenty cigarettes a day and four who did not smoke. Neisseriae were less numerous on the mucosal surfaces of the smokers.
mesh_terms: D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D009343:Neisseria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010159:Palate / Q000382:microbiology; D012907:Smoking; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology; D014678:Veillonella / Q000302:isolation & purification