The Microbiome of Potentially Malignant Oral Leukoplakia Exhibits Enrichment for Fusobacterium, Leptotrichia, Campylobacter, and Rothia Species

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Oral leukoplakia presents as a white patch on the oral mucosa and is recognised as having significant malignant potential. Although colonisation of these patches with Candida albicans is common, little is known about the bacterial microbiota of these patches. In the current study we analysed the microbiome of oral leukoplakia in 36 patients compared to healthy mucosal tissue from the same patients and healthy...

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