Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Bacto Agar | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 214010 | |
| Bacto Todd Hewitt Broth | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 249240 | |
| Yeast Extract, Granulated | EMD Millipore | 1.03753.0500 | |
| Bacto Tryptone | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 211705 | |
| OmniPur Sucrose | EMD Millipore | 8510 | |
| Potassium Chloride, ACS reagent, 99.0-100.5% | Sigma-Aldrich | P3911-500G | |
| Potassium Phosphate, monobasic, ≥99.0%, ACS reagent | Sigma-Aldrich | P0662-500G | |
| Sodium Chloride | Sigma-Aldrich | S9888-500G | |
| Sodium Phosphate, Monobasic, Monohydrate | EMD Millipore | SX0710-1 | |
| Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, 99.8+%, ACS reagent | Sigma-Aldrich | 252859-500G | |
| Concanavalin A, Alexa Fluor 647 Conjugate | Invitrogen | C21421 | |
| Syto 9 | Invitrogen | S34854 | |
| Sypro Red | Invitrogen | S12012 or S6653 | |
| Biotène PBF Oral Rinse | GlaxoSmithKline | N/A | |
| Listerine Total Care | McNeil-PPC, Inc. | N/A |
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