Characterization of Scardovia wiggsiae biofilm by original scanning electron microscopy protocol
Early childhood caries (ECC) is a severe manifestation of carious pathology with rapid
and disruptive progression. The ECC microbiota includes a wide variety of bacterial species, among
which is an anaerobic newly named species, Scardovia wiggsiae, a previously unidentified
Bifidobacterium. Our aim was to provide the first ultrastructural characterization of S. wiggsiae and
its biofilm by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) using a protocol that faithfully preserved the