Beighton D, Hayday H
Arch Oral Biol. 1982;27(4):331-5. doi: 10.1016/0003-9969(82)90163-7.
The major streptococcal biotypes in the 8 monkeys investigated resembled Streptococcus sanguis and Streptococcus mitior with Streptococcus salivarius forming only 5 to 6 per cent of the total colony count and being isolated from only 4 monkeys. The predominant tongue streptococci were not isolated from the dental plaque. Similarly, Streptococcus mutans, present in large numbers in the plaque of monkeys fed sucrose-rich diets, was isolated from the tongue of only 2 animals and formed only 2.4 per cent of the total colony count. Changing from a starch-based maintenance diet to sucrose-rich diets did not significantly alter the tongue flora except that the proportion of typical Strep. sanguis was significantly reduced. The oral streptococcal flora of monkeys is similar in distribution to that found in the human mouth.
在所研究的8只猴子中，主要的链球菌生物型类似于血链球菌和轻链球菌，唾液链球菌仅占总菌落数的5%至6%，且仅从4只猴子中分离得到。菌斑中未分离出主要的舌链球菌。同样，在喂食富含蔗糖饮食的猴子菌斑中大量存在的变形链球菌，仅从2只动物的舌部分离得到，且仅占总菌落数的2.4%。从以淀粉为主的维持性饮食改为富含蔗糖的饮食，除了典型血链球菌的比例显著降低外，并未显著改变舌部菌群。猴子口腔中的链球菌菌群分布与人类口腔中的相似。
