The Inhibition and Stimulation of Oral Lactobacilli by Caries-immune and Caries-susceptible Salivas

Abstract
Caries-immune saliva produced greater inhibition of oral homofermentative lactobacilli (subgenus Streptobacterium) and less stimulation of oral heterofermentative lactobacilli (subgenus Betabacterium) than caries-susceptible saliva, when tested by well-plate and turbidimetric techniques.