Oral microbes represent one of the most well studied microbial communities owing to the
fact that they are a fundamental part of human development influencing health and disease …

Advancements in DNA sequencing technologies within the last decade have stimulated an
unprecedented interest in the human microbiome, largely due the broad diversity of human …

Since the pioneering work of van Leeuwenhoek in 1684, subsequently built upon by other
renowned microbiologists Robert Koch, Willoughby Miller and GV Black, oral microbiology …

The human oral microbiome currently comprises 600–700 taxa, but estimates suggest that
overall species numbers may turn out to be higher (∼ 1200). Within the oral cavity, groups of …

Technological advances in DNA sequencing have provided unprecedented insights into the
composition of the oral microbiome in health and disease, and RNA-sequencing and …

The oral microbiome plays a relevant role in the health status of the host and is a key
element in a variety of oral and non-oral diseases. Despite advances in our knowledge of …

Culture-independent nucleic acid technologies have been extensively applied to the
analysis of oral bacterial communities associated with healthy and diseased conditions …

The human oral cavity is home to an abundant and diverse microbial community (ie, the oral
microbiome), whose composition and roles in health and disease have been the focus of …

Culture-independent nucleic acid technologies have been extensively applied to the
analysis of oral bacterial communities associated with healthy and diseased conditions …

The oral cavity of healthy individuals contains hundreds of different bacterial, viral, and
fungal species. Many of these can associate to form biofilms, which are resistant to …