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- Title
High Diversity of the Saliva Microbiome in Batwa Pygmies.
- Authors
Nasidze, Ivan; Li, Jing; Schroeder, Roland; Creasey, Jean L.; Li, Mingkun; Stoneking, Mark
- Abstract
We describe the saliva microbiome diversity in Batwa Pygmies, a former hunter-gatherer group from Uganda, using nextgeneration sequencing of partial 16S rRNA sequences. Microbial community diversity in the Batwa is significantly higher than in agricultural groups from Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We found 40 microbial genera in the Batwa, which have previously not been described in the human oral cavity. The distinctive composition of the salvia microbiome of the Batwa may have been influenced by their recent different lifestyle and diet.
- Subjects
UGANDA; SALIVA; BATWA (African people); EXOCRINE secretions; RIBOSOMAL RNA; AGRICULTURAL geography; MICROBIAL genetics; MICROBIAL cultures
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0023352