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ArticlemSystems2026

Longitudinal development of infant oral ecosystem: salivary metabolomic, bacteriome, and virome dynamics in early infancy.

Ting Li, Xingyi Lu, Nora Alomeir, Anthony Gaca, Michael Sohn, Steven Gill, Bradley Smith, Joshua Munger, Jin Xiao

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Ting Li *Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, , Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-0406-4227
Xingyi Lu *Eastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, , Rochester, New York, USA.
Nora AlomeirEastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, , Rochester, New York, USA.
Anthony GacaGenomic Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Michael SohnDepartment of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Steven GillDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2408-1373
Bradley SmithDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Joshua MungerDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5379-9440
Jin XiaoEastman Institute for Oral Health, University of Rochester Medical Center, , Rochester, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8776-2520

Funding

Understand biological factors underlying early childhood caries disparity from the oral microbiome in early infancyR01DE031025 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI STEVEN R. GILL, Tongtong Wu · 2022 to 2026
$3.9M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE031025NIDCR NIH HHS R01DE031025
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Abstract

This prospective cohort study investigated the longitudinal development of the salivary bacteriome, virome, and metabolome during early infancy. We assessed the associations between oral bacteria, viruses, and metabolites from 10 mother-infant dyads, with oral samples collected at 1 and 2 years of age. Forty saliva and plaque samples underwent untargeted metabolomic analysis, and infant saliva samples underwent metagenomic sequencing. Maternal salivary and plaque metabolomic profiles remained largely stable, whereas infant profiles were clearly separated from maternal profiles and changed with age. Notably, infant dental plaque metabolism underwent more substantial changes from year 1 to year 2 than saliva, with age-dependent metabolite shifts mainly involving energy, amino acid, nucleotide, and lipid metabolic pathways. Our findings also revealed significant developmental shifts in salivary bacteriome, virome, and functional pathway profiles during early childhood. The most abundant oral bacteria in early life, comprising over 75% of total abundance, included

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BacteriaMetabolomeMouthSalivaViromeChild, PreschoolDental PlaqueFemaleHumansInfantLongitudinal StudiesMaleMetabolomicsMicrobiotaMultiomicsProspective Studiesbacteriomeearly childhoodmetabolomemulti-omicsvirome

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PMID42671180
PMCPMC13595985

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