Racial Differences in the Oral Microbiome: Data from Low-Income Populations of African Ancestry and European Ancestry

Racial Differences in the Oral Microbiome: Data from Low-Income Populations of African Ancestry and European Ancestry

ABSTRACT Increasing evidence indicates the significant racial difference in gut, vaginal, and skin microbiomes. However, little is known regarding the racial difference in the oral microbiome. In this study, deep sequencing of 16S rRNA genes was utilized to assess the oral microbiome in mouth rinse...

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Main Authors: Yaohua Yang, Wei Zheng, Qiuyin Cai, Martha J. Shrubsole, Zhiheng Pei, Robert Brucker, Mark Steinwandel, Seth R. Bordenstein, Zhigang Li, William J. Blot, Xiao-Ou Shu, Jirong Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-12-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
oral microbiome
racial difference
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00639-19

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00639-19

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