Microbiota populations in supragingival plaque, subgingival plaque, and saliva habitats of adult dogs

Oba, Patrícia M.; Carroll, Meredith Q.; Alexander, Celeste; Valentine, Helen; Somrak, Amy J.; Keating, Stephanie C. J.; Sage, Adrianna M.; Swanson, Kelly S.

doi:10.1186/s42523-021-00100-9

Animal Microbiome

Table 8 Correlation coefficients (r) between oral health scores, plaque scores, calculus scores, gingivitis scores, pocket scores, pH and bacteria genera in supragingival samples¹

From: Microbiota populations in supragingival plaque, subgingival plaque, and saliva habitats of adult dogs

Genera	Salivary pH		Pocket Score		Gingivitis Score		Calculus Score		Plaque Score		Oral Health Score
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Actinomyces	0.26	0.2004	0.57	0.0024	0.50	0.0087	0.19	0.3400	0.20	0.3302	0.41	0.0376
Corynebacterium	0.54	0.0047	0.52	0.0069	0.46	0.0191	0.32	0.1099	0.23	0.2614	0.44	0.0235
Leucobacter	-0.41	0.0372	-0.50	0.0094	-0.57	0.0024	-0.04	0.8286	-0.12	0.5685	-0.31	0.1278
Paludibacter	0.57	0.0023	0.59	0.0015	0.52	0.0066	0.30	0.1309	0.09	0.6701	0.43	0.0276
Porphyromonas	-0.70	< 0.0001	-0.75	< 0.0001	-0.60	0.0013	-0.47	0.0164	-0.26	0.1950	-0.62	0.0008
Prevotella	-0.13	0.5346	-0.30	0.1377	-0.28	0.1699	-0.41	0.0353	-0.47	0.0146	-0.45	0.0227
Capnocytophaga	0.44	0.0240	0.45	0.0213	0.27	0.1886	0.17	0.4067	0.16	0.4378	0.32	0.1144
Clostridium	0.29	0.1473	0.42	0.0329	0.50	0.0086	0.28	0.1671	0.18	0.3766	0.38	0.0561
Catonella	0.02	0.9084	-0.15	0.4692	-0.14	0.4805	-0.40	0.0427	-0.38	0.0533	-0.34	0.0883
Peptococcus	-0.34	0.0879	-0.40	0.0414	-0.29	0.1519	-0.34	0.0877	-0.37	0.0613	-0.43	0.0285
Filifactor	-0.65	0.0003	-0.69	0.0001	-0.57	0.0026	-0.31	0.1235	-0.16	0.4234	-0.50	0.0096
Proteocatella	0.42	0.0316	0.39	0.0505	0.45	0.0199	0.23	0.2664	-0.02	0.9324	0.28	0.1589
Fusibacter	-0.52	0.0066	-0.59	0.0016	-0.48	0.0130	-0.16	0.4217	0.00	0.9927	-0.35	0.0837
Helcococcus	-0.55	0.0034	-0.55	0.0038	-0.51	0.0083	-0.47	0.0148	-0.34	0.0941	-0.55	0.0036
p-75-a5	-0.04	0.8427	-0.14	0.4835	-0.14	0.5106	-0.42	0.0309	-0.36	0.0686	-0.34	0.0877
Leptotrichia	0.42	0.0341	0.59	0.0016	0.44	0.0239	0.30	0.1368	0.17	0.3946	0.45	0.0224
Lampropedia	0.27	0.1818	0.42	0.0307	0.30	0.1308	0.47	0.0157	0.54	0.0044	0.54	0.0046
Neisseria	0.49	0.0102	0.57	0.0023	0.40	0.0418	0.32	0.1100	0.32	0.1151	0.48	0.0123
Desulfobulbus	0.38	0.0586	0.57	0.0025	0.64	0.0004	0.49	0.0107	0.35	0.0761	0.59	0.0017
Campylobacter	-0.51	0.0083	-0.67	0.0002	-0.56	0.0030	-0.52	0.0061	-0.53	0.0050	-0.68	0.0001
Acholeplasma	-0.57	0.0026	-0.55	0.0033	-0.51	0.0083	-0.45	0.0205	-0.19	0.3562	-0.50	0.0087

¹Bold correlation coefficients (r) with p < 0.05, and underlined correlation coefficients (r) with r > 0.5 (strong correlation)

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