Jaydene McDaniel

Screening a Saliva Repository for Scardovia wiggsiae and Streptococcus mutans: A Pilot Study

Jaydene McDaniel, Steven McDaniel, Amy Tam, Karl Kingsley & Katherine M. Howard · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2017

Introduction: Many studies have evaluated the prevalence of cariogenic pathogens among dental school patients, most notably the Gram-positive organism Streptococcus mutans (SM). Recent evidence has suggested another cariogenic pathogen Scardovia wiggsiae (SW) may also be present...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAMB/2017/36111

Oral Microbial Ecology of Selenomonas noxia and Scardovia wiggsiae

Steven McDaniel, Jaydene McDaniel, Amy Tam, Karl Kingsley & Katherine M. Howard · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2017

Objectives: Selenomonas species such as S. noxia are associated with poor oral health and oral prevalence of this organism may be useful as a biomarker to determine patient oral health. Current studies are now revealing novel insights into the epidemiology of the newly discovered...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/MRJI/2017/36110