title: In vitro antagonistic activity of Lactobacillus strains isolated from healthy oral cavity against oral pathogens.
abstract: Lactobacilli were isolated from oral cavity of healthy children and identified by using standard bacteriological methods. The aim of the study was to show the prevalent of Lactobacilli in the oral cavity and to emphasis on the antagonistic activity of oral Lactobacilli on oral pathogens. Our results revealed that a variety of lactobacillus species were inhabited the healthy oral cavity of children and quantitative assay using Lactobacillus filtered supernatant is more reliable than Lactobacillus non filtered supernatant for screening of in vitro antagonistic activity.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Mikrobiologii, Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.forename: Piotr B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Heczko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D013045:Species Specificity; D015003:Yeasts / Q000276:immunology