“…Orcinol was purchased from Chroma-Gesellschaft, Schmidt & Co. (Stuttgart-Untertiirkheim, Germany), Diazald® (p-toluenesulfonylmethylnitrosamide) from the Aldrich Chemical Co. (Milwaukee, Wl), and BCA (bicinchoninic acid) Protein Assay Reagent from Pierce Europe, Oud-Beijerland, the Netherlands. Methyl laurylsulfonate was prepared as described by Showell et al (33), using Diazald® as a source of diazomethane (24,26). P gingivalis OMZ309 (strain W83, from J. M. Hardie, London Hospital Medical College), S. artemidis OMZ317 (in-house isolate), and S. sobrinus OMZ176 (in-house isolate), recruited from the culture collection of the Institut fur orale Mikrobiologie und ailgemeine Immunoiogie, Zentrum flir Zahn-, Mund-und Kieferheilkunde der Universitat Ztirich, were maintained as previously described (31).…”