While reductionism has greatly advanced microbiology in the past 400 years, assembly of
smaller pieces just could not explain the whole! Modern microbiologists are learning “system …

The oral cavity harbors a rich and diverse microflora, which is mostly found within biofilms
attached to the various soft-and hard-tissue surfaces. Recent studies using molecular …

Since the initial observations of oral bacteria within dental plaque by van Leeuwenhoek
using his primitive microscopes in 1680, an event that is generally recognized as the advent …

The human body supports the growth of a wide array of microbial communities in various
niches such as the oral cavity, gastro-intestinal and urogenital tracts, and on the surface of …

States of oral health and disease reflect the compositional and functional capacities of, as
well as the interspecies interactions within, the oral microbiota. The oral cavity exists as a …

The human oral cavity harbors diverse communities of microbes that live as biofilms: highly
ordered, surface-associated assemblages of microbes embedded in an extracellular matrix …

The oral microbiome can alter the balance between health and disease, locally and
systemically. Within the oral cavity, bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa, and viruses may all be …

The microbiome and the human body constitute an integrated superorganism, which is the
result of millions of years of coevolution with mutual adaptation and functional integration …

Over the last hundred years, groundbreaking research in oral microbiology has provided a
broad and deep understanding about the oral microbiome, its interactions with our body …

Recent rapid advances in “-omics” technologies have yielded new insights into the
interaction of the oral microbiome with its host. Associations of species that are usually …