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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2024

The oral-gut microbiota relationship in healthy humans: identifying shared bacteria between environments and age groups.

Carolina F F A Costa, Teresa Correia-de-Sá, Ricardo Araujo, Fernando Barbosa, Philip W J Burnet, Joana Ferreira-Gomes, Benedita Sampaio-Maia

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Association between oral dysbiosis and Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  6. [Differences in Oral and Gut Microbiome Composition Among Preschool Children in Urumqi During the Deciduous and Mixed Dentition Periods].Sichuan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Sichuan University. Medical science edition · 2026
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  14. Potential value of oral Mogibacterium in major depressive disorder.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Carolina F F A CostaICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Teresa Correia-de-SáNanoBiomaterials for Targeted Therapies, INEB - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Ricardo AraujoNanoBiomaterials for Targeted Therapies, INEB - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Fernando BarbosaLaboratório de Neuropsicofisiologia, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Philip W J BurnetDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Joana Ferreira-GomesDepartamento de Biomedicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Benedita Sampaio-MaiaNanoBiomaterials for Targeted Therapies, INEB - Instituto Nacional de Engenharia Biomédica, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Although the oral cavity and the gut are anatomically continuous regions of the gastrointestinal tract, research on the relationship between oral and gut microbiota remains sparse. Oral-gut bacterial translocation is mostly studied in pathological contexts, thus evidence of translocation in healthy conditions is still scarce. Studying the oral-gut microbiota relationship in humans in different life stages is necessary in order to understand how these microbial communities might relate throughout life. Methods: In this study, saliva and fecal samples were collected from healthy participants (39 children, 97 adults). Microbiota analysis was carried out by sequencing the V4 region of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene, followed by amplicon sequence variant (ASV) analysis. Results and discussion: Although the oral and gut microbiota are vastly different, a subset of 61 ASVs were present in both the oral cavity and gut of the same individual, and represented 1.6% of all ASVs detected. From these, 26 ASVs (classified into 18 genera:

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bacterial translocation ActinomycesBacteroidesgut microbiotahuman microbiomeoral-gut axisoral-gut translocationoral microbiotaRothia

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PMCPMC11540997

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