Diversity, composition, and networking of saliva microbiota distinguish the severity of COVID-19 episodes as revealed by an analysis of 16S rRNA variable V1-V3 region sequences

ABSTRACT Studies on the role of the oral microbiome in SARS-CoV-2 infection and severity of the disease are limited. We aimed to characterize the bacterial communities present in the saliva of patients with varied COVID-19 severity to learn if there are differences in the characteristics of the micr...

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Main Authors: Violeta Larios Serrato, Beatriz Meza, Carolina Gonzalez-Torres, Javier Gaytan-Cervantes, Joaquín González Ibarra, Clara Esperanza Santacruz Tinoco, Yu-Mei Anguiano Hernández, Bernardo Martínez Miguel, Allison Cázarez Cortazar, Brenda Sarquiz Martínez, Julio Elias Alvarado Yaah, Antonina Reyna Mendoza Pérez, Juan José Palma Herrera, Leticia Margarita García Soto, Adriana Inés Chávez Rojas, Guillermo Bravo Mateos, Gabriel Samano Marquez, Concepción Grajales Muñiz, Javier Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-08-01
Series:mSystems
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.01062-22