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Oral bacteriophages: metagenomic clues to interpret microbiomes.

Maryam Banar, Dinesh Rokaya, Reza Azizian, Zohaib Khurshid, Morteza Banakar

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Review in PeerJ, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A host-encoded prophage targets a Candidate Phyla Radiation bacterium and shapes episymbiotic interactions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  12. Alcohol exposure alters the diversity and composition of oral microbiome.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  13. Human Gut Bacteriophageome: Insights Into Drug Resistance Mechanisms in Tuberculosis.Interdisciplinary perspectives on infectious diseases · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Maryam BanarDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Dinesh RokayaDepartment of Basic Medical and Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan.
Reza AzizianBiomedical Innovation and Start-up student association (Biomino), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zohaib KhurshidDepartment of Prosthodontics and Implantology, College of Dentistry, King Faisal University, Al-Hofuf, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Morteza BanakarDental Research Center, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRChulalongkorn University · THZarqa University · JO

Funding

Zarqa University, Jordan
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses that are distributed throughout the environment. Lytic phages and prophages in saliva, oral mucosa, and dental plaque interact with the oral microbiota and can change biofilm formation. The interactions between phages and bacteria can be considered a portion of oral metagenomics. The metagenomic profile of the oral microbiome indicates various bacteria. Indeed, there are various phages against these bacteria in the oral cavity. However, some other phages, like phages against Absconditabacteria, Chlamydiae, or Chloroflexi, have not been identified in the oral cavity. This review gives an overview of oral bacteriophage and used for metagenomics. Metagenomics of these phages deals with multi-drug-resistant bacterial plaques (biofilms) in oral cavities and oral infection. Hence, dentists and pharmacologists should know this metagenomic profile to cope with predental and dental infectious diseases.

Indexed as

BacteriophagesMicrobiotaBacteriaMetagenomeMouthProphagesMetagenomicsOral bacteriophageOral microbiomeOral phagoeome

Identifiers

PMID38406289
PMCPMC10885796
OpenAlexW4391966835

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