ArticleEuropean journal of oral sciences2022
Comparability of microbiota of swabbed and spit saliva.
Article in European journal of oral sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Harmonized multi-cohort analysis of oral microbiome development during early lifetime.Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Article
- L-proline supplementation affects non-volatile flavour perception through oral microbiome metabolic pathways.NPJ science of food · 2025Article
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- IntratumoralJournal of oral microbiology · 2025Article
- Oral Microbiota Development in the First 60 Months: A Longitudinal Study.Journal of dental research · 2024Article
- Supragingival Plaque Microbiomes in a Diverse South Florida Population.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Investigating the metabolite signature of an altered oral microbiota as a discriminant factor for multiple sclerosis: a pilot study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The potential of saliva as an accessible and sensitive sample type for the detection of respiratory pathogens and host immunity.The Lancet. Microbe · 2023Review
- Comparability of microbiota of swabbed and spit saliva.European journal of oral sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
In general, saliva is used for microbiota analysis in longitudinal studies, and several collection methods are being used. Using a robust sample collection procedure is important, as it may influence salivary composition. This study explored the comparability of the microbiota of swabbed and spit saliva. Twenty-two females participated in this cross-sectional study. The bacterial composition of the three saliva samples (swab collected by the participant (SW-P), swab collected by the researcher (SW-R), and spit (SP) was assessed by 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The bacterial composition of the swabbed and the spit saliva was significantly different irrespective of the operator, and Shannon diversity was significantly higher in spit saliva than in SW-P and SW-R. The salivary microbiota of spit and swabbed adult saliva differs significantly. Research on microbial composition therefore requires collection of similar saliva sample types in all study participants.
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