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Enumeration of Oral Streptococci on Media Containing Different Concentrations of Sodium and Potassium Ions

Institute of Dental Research, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, N.S.W. 2010, Australia

A.M. Irwin

Institute of Dental Research, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, N.S.W. 2010, Australia

N.A. Jacques

Institute of Dental Research, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, N.S.W. 2010, Australia

K.W. Knox

Institute of Dental Research, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills, N.S.W. 2010, Australia

Laboratory "type" strains of oral streptococci were screened for their ability to grow on mitis-salivarius agar (MSA) in the presence of increasing concentrations of either Na ⁺ or K⁺ up to 500 mmol/L. Strains were generally better able to withstand increasing concentrations of Na⁺ than K ⁺, although low numbers of colony-forming units (cfus) were seen with the highest concentration of either cation. Two strains of Streptococcus mutans, Ingbritt 162 and Ingbritt 175, behaved differently when the concentration of cation was increased from 50 to 200 mmol/L; the latter showed a marked increase in the number of cfus when the Na* concentration was increased from 50 to 200 mmol/L, whereas there was a decrease with strain Ingbritt 162. Strains of oral streptococci from the saliva of adults and children were isolated on modified MSA containing known concentrations of Na ⁺ and K⁺ and further examined if they showed "mutans-like" colony morphology. The number of cfus generally dropped as the concentration of Na⁺ or K⁺ was increased from 200 to 350 or 500 mmol/L. Greater numbers of streptococci were tolerant to Na⁺ than to K ⁺. Half of the isolates were members of the Streptococcus sanguis group (SSG), either Streptococcus mitis or S. sanguis II, and these were more tolerant to high concentrations of Na⁺ or K+ than other isolates that were identified as Streptococcus morbillorum, Streptococcus acidominimus, and Streptococcus milleri.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 70, No. 10, 1375-1379 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345910700101201


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