The Relation between Oral Candida Load and Bacterial Microbiome Profiles in Dutch Older Adults.

E.A. Kraneveld, M.J. Buijs, M.J. Bonder, M. Visser, B.J. Keijser, W. Crielaard, E. Zaura

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Abstract

Currently there are no evidence-based ecological measures for prevention of overgrowth and subsequent infection by fungi in the oral cavity. The aim of this study was to increase our knowledge on fungal-bacterial ecological interactions. Salivary Candida abundance of 82 Dutch adults aged 58-80 years was established relative to the bacterial load by quantitative PCR analysis of the Internal Transcribed (ITS) region (Candida) and 16S rDNA gene (bacteria). The salivary microbiome was assessed using barcoded pyrosequencing of the bacterial hypervariable regions V5-V7 of 16S rDNA. Sequencing data was preprocessed by denoising and chimera removal, clustered in Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) and assigned to taxonomy. Both OTU-based (PCA, diversity statistics) and phylogeny-based analyses (UniFrac, PCoA) were performed. Saliva of Dutch older adults contained 0-4 × 10
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere42770
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume7
Issue number8
Early online date10 Aug 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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