Species | R
2
|
E
|
---|
S. oralis
| 0.999 | 0.915 |
S. gordonii
| 0.998 | 0.920 |
V. parvula
| 0.999 | 0.950 |
F. nucleatum
| 0.999 | 0.950 |
P. intermedia
| 0.999 | 0.950 |
- R2 indicates the regression coefficient. PCR efficiency (E) is obtained from E= 10-1/s – 1, where s is the slope of the regression line between Cp values and log cells (Knutsson et al., 2002).
- Cp values versus log (number of cells) of five oral bacterial species.