The oral fungal mycobiome: characteristics and relation to periodontitis in a pilot study

• Published in: BMC microbiology Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 157 - 11
• Main Authors: Peters, Brandilyn A., Wu, Jing, Hayes, Richard B., Ahn, Jiyoung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.07.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abundance; Adult; Adults; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Ascomycota; Biodiversity; Cancer; Dentists; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA sequencing; Female; Fungi; Fungi - classification; Fungi - genetics; Fungi - isolation & purification; Fungus; Genera; Gum disease; Health; Health aspects; Homeostasis; Humans; ITS; Library collections; Male; Medical screening; Middle Aged; Mouth - microbiology; Multivariate analysis; Mycobiome; Oral; Periodontal disease; Periodontal diseases; Periodontal Diseases - microbiology; Periodontitis; Phylogeny; Physiological aspects; Pilot Projects; Relative abundance; Spacer; Species; Studies; Taxonomy; Teeth; Fungus; ITS; Periodontal disease; Oral; Mycobiome; Periodontitis

The oral fungal microbiome (mycobiome) is not well characterized, particularly in relation to oral diseases such as periodontal disease. We aimed to describe and compare the oral mycobiome of subjects with and without periodontal disease. We characterized the oral mycobiome in 30 adult subjects (15...