The Salivary Mycobiome Contains 2 Ecologically Distinct Mycotypes.

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2020

Abstract

A broad range of fungi has been detected in molecular surveys of the oral mycobiome. However, knowledge is still lacking on interindividual variability of these communities and the ecologic and clinical significance of oral fungal commensals. In this cross-sectional study, we use internal transcribed spacer 1 amplicon sequencing to evaluate the salivary mycobiome in 59 subjects, 36 of whom were scheduled to receive cancer chemotherapy. Analysis of the broad population structure of fungal communities in the whole cohort identified 2 well-demarcated genus-level community types (mycotypes), with

Volume

99

Issue

6

First Page

730

Last Page

738

ISSN

1544-0591

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

32315566

Department(s)

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Document Type

Article

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