Badminton, like tennis, is a racket sport that is played by either two players or two teams of two players each. The object is for you or your team to get to 21 points first. You score a point whenever you successfully serve the shuttlecock and your opposing team commits a fault, which means that the team fails to appropriately return the shuttlecock.
Assuming one cares for their teeth by brushing regularly, saliva may smell bad because there are millions of bacteria present in the mouth. Bad smelling saliva or breath can be indicative of a tooth abscess, or a systemic illness such as diabetes.
There's a slew of bacteria floating around in your mouth, but it's generally harmless. Since people have different eating habits in different places, you might think an American's saliva might look a lot different from, say, a South African's. Saliva contains more DNA than blood because of all of the oral bacteria. 2  Most common type of bacteria in saliva is Streptococcus, in a mostly harmless form. 3  Saliva spreads molecules to the taste receptors on the tongue.