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What kinds of bacteria have been implicated in oral malodor?

Here is a partial list from the literature:

• Prevotella intermedia (Kleinberg and Codipilly)

• Fusobacterium nucleatum (Kleinberg and Codipilly; Persson et al., 1990 Niles and Gaffar)

• Porphyromonas gingivalis (Kleinberg and Codipilly; Loesche and de Boever; Persson et al., 1990)

• Porphyromonas endodontalis (Loesche and de Boever)

• Prevotella loescheii (Loesche and de Boever; Persson et al., 1990)

• Hemophilus parainfluenzae (?) (Kleinberg and Codipilly)

• Stomatococcus muci

• Treponema denticola (Persson et al., 1990; Chan; Loesche and de Boever)

• Veillonella species (Kleinberg and Codipilly; Niles and Gaffar)

• Peptostreptococcus anaerobius (Persson et al., 1990)

• Micros prevotii (Persson et al., 1990);

• Eubacterium limosum (Persson et al., 1990);

• Centipeda periodontii (Persson et al., 1990);

• Selemonad aremidis (Persson et al., 1990);

• Eubacterium species (Persson et al., 1990);

• Bacteriodes species (Persson et al., 1990);

• Fusobacterium periodonticum (Persson et al., 1990)

• Prevotella melaninogenica (Niles and Gaffar)

• Klebsiella pneumoniae (Niles and Gaffar; Goldberg et al.)

• Enterobacter cloacae (Niles and Gaffar)

• Citrobacter species (Goldberg et al.)

• Stomatococcus mucilaginus (J. Greenman, M.A. El-Maaytah, M.G. Hartley and S. McAloon; Proteolytic activity of Stomatococcus mucilaginus; abstract presented at 2nd International Workshop on Oral Malodor, Leuven, Belgium, Oct.
  19th-20th, 1995)

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