Citizen science charts two major "stomatotypes" in the oral microbiome of adolescents and reveals links with habits and drinking water composition.
Jesse R WillisPedro González-TorresAlexandros A PittisLuis A BejaranoLuca CozzutoNuria Andreu-SomavillaMiriam Alloza-TrabadoAntonia ValentínEwa KsiezopolskaCarlos CompanyHarris OnyweraMagda MontfortAntonio HermosoSusana Iraola-GuzmánEster SausAnnick LabeeuwCarlo CarolisJochen HechtJulia PonomarenkoToni GabaldonPublished in: Microbiome (2018)
We hypothesize that these stomatotypes represent two possible global optimal equilibria in the oral microbiome that reflect underlying constraints of the human oral niche. As such, they should be found across a variety of geographical regions, lifestyles, and ages.