Compositional Data Analysis of Periodontal Disease Microbial Communities

Periodontal disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive polymicrobial disease that induces a strong host immune response. Culture-independent methods, such as next-generation sequencing (NGS) of bacteria 16S amplicon and shotgun metagenomic libraries, have greatly expanded our understanding of PD biodive...

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Main Authors: Laura Sisk-Hackworth, Adrian Ortiz-Velez, Micheal B. Reed, Scott T. Kelley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.617949/full