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capitulum
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capitulum

In botany, a flattened or rounded head (inflorescence) of numerous, small, stalkless flowers. The capitulum is surrounded by a circlet of petal-like bracts and has the appearance of a large, single flower.

It is characteristic of plants belonging to the daisy family Compositae, such as sunflowers Helianthus, goldenrods Solidago, and dandelions Taraxacum. The individual flowers are known as florets.



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Capnocytophaga gingivalis, Prevotella melaninogenica and Streptococcus mitis were elevated in the saliva of patients with OSCC.
Actinobacillus, Capnocytophaga, Eikenella, Kingella, and other fastidious or rarely encotmtered gram-negative rods.
Although several bacterial species' had noticeably different population numbers in the two groups of volunteers, the researchers found unusually large populations of three particular species--Prevotella melaninogenica, Capnocytophaga gingivalis, and
 
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