Temporal stability of tongue microbiota in older patients - A pilot study

© 2024 Association for Dental Sciences of the Republic of China. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V..

Background/purpose: Healthy states of human microbiota depend on a stable community of symbiotic microbes irrespective of external challenges from the environment. Thus, long-term stability of the oral microbiota is of importance, particularly for older patient populations.

Materials and methods: We used next-generation sequencing (NGS) to examine the tongue microbiota of 18 individuals receiving long-term care over a 10-month period.

Results: Beta diversity analysis demonstrated temporal stability of the tongue microbiota, as microbial compositions from all time points were indistinguishable from each other (P = 0.0887). However, significant individual variation in microbial composition (P = 0.0001) was observed, underscoring the presence of a unique microbial profile for each patient.

Conclusion: The temporal dynamics of tongue microbiota exhibit long-term stability, providing diagnostic implications for oral diseases within older patient populations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Journal of dental sciences - 19(2024), 2 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 1087-1095

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tsai, Fa-Tzu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Cheng-Chieh [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yu-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Ming-Lun [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Guang [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Mu-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ding-Han [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Lin-Jack [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Chiu-Tzu [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Wun-Eng [VerfasserIn]
Tu, Hsi-Feng [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

16S rRNA
Amplicon sequence variant
Journal Article
Older patient
Oral microbiota
Temporal stability

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Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jds.2024.01.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM371074665