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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-08-01
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Series: | mSystems |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.01062-22 |