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Nurture trumps nature in a longitudinal survey of salivary bacterial communities in twins from early adolescence to early adulthood.
Genome research - 1 Nov 2012
Stahringer Simone S, Clemente Jose C, Corley Robin P, Hewitt John, Knights Dan, Walters William A, Knight Rob, Krauter Kenneth S
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Variation in the composition of the human oral microbiome in health and disease has been observed. We have characterized inter- and intra-individual variation of microbial communities of 107 individuals in one of the largest cohorts to date (264 saliva samples), using culture-independent 16S rRNA pyrosequencing. We examined the salivary microbiome in up to three time-points during 10 yr spanning adolescence, and...
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