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We hypothesize that this killing effect is a result of light excitation of their endogenous porphyrins. Cultures of\n            <jats:italic>Prevotella intermedia<\/jats:italic>\n            and\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            .\n            <jats:italic>nigrescens<\/jats:italic>\n            were killed by 4.2 J\/cm\n            <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n            , whereas\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            .\n            <jats:italic>melaninogenica<\/jats:italic>\n            required 21 J\/cm\n            <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n            . Exposure to light with a fluence of 42 J\/cm\n            <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n            produced 99% killing of\n            <jats:italic>P. gingivalis<\/jats:italic>\n            . High-performance liquid chromatography demonstrated the presence of various amounts of different porphyrin molecules in BPB. The amounts of endogenous porphyrin in BPB were 267 (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            .\n            <jats:italic>intermedia<\/jats:italic>\n            ), 47 (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            .\n            <jats:italic>nigrescens<\/jats:italic>\n            ), 41 (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            .\n            <jats:italic>melaninogenica<\/jats:italic>\n            ), and 2.2 (\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            .\n            <jats:italic>gingivalis<\/jats:italic>\n            ) ng\/mg. Analysis of bacteria in dental plaque samples by DNA-DNA hybridization for 40 taxa before and after phototherapy showed that the growth of the four BPB was decreased by 2 and 3 times after irradiation at energy fluences of 4.2 and 21 J\/cm\n            <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n            , respectively, whereas the growth of the remaining 36 microorganisms was decreased by 1.5 times at both energy fluences. 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