| Phylum |
Percentage (%) of total reads |
| Saliva |
Tongue coating |
| Control group |
Malodor group |
P value |
Control group |
Malodor group |
P value |
| Firmicutes |
56.78 ± 12.17 |
53.18 ± 4.97 |
0.40 |
45.57 ± 12.97 |
45.97 ± 11.79 |
0.94 |
| Bacteroidetes |
16.42 ± 7.73 |
20.57 ± 7.04 |
0.23 |
22.13 ± 12.92 |
23.76 ± 7.62 |
0.74 |
| Actinobacteria |
16.85 ± 6.79 |
12.74 ± 7.22 |
0.21 |
15.48 ± 8.21 |
10.11 ± 5.42 |
0.10 |
| Proteobacteria |
7.47 ± 8.74 |
10.21 ± 5.56 |
0.41 |
10.43 ± 13.21 |
13.63 ± 10.12 |
0.55 |
| Fusobacteria |
0.73 ± 0.57 |
1.10 ± 1.36 |
0.44 |
2.67 ± 2.05 |
3.15 ± 1.86 |
0.59 |
| TM7 |
0.41 ± 0.63 |
0.33 ± 0.52 |
0.78 |
0.39 ± 0.45 |
0.31 ± 0.33 |
0.68 |
| SR1 |
0.03 ± 0.08 |
0.01 ± 0.04 |
0.63 |
0.07 ± 0.19 |
0.05 ± 0.08 |
0.76 |
| Spirochaetes |
0.04 ± 0.06 |
0.00 |
NA |
0.04 ± 0.05 |
0.03 ± 0.05 |
0.79 |
| Synergistetes |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
| Chlamydiae |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
| Chloroflexi |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
| Euryarchaeota |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
0.00 |
0.00 |
NA |
| Unidentified* |
1.31 ± 1.00 |
1.87 ± 1.80 |
0.40 |
3.22 ± 1.75 |
3.00 ± 1.93 |
0.79 |
*Reads that did not meet the criteria for identification were assigned to unidentified reads
Data are expressed as mean ± SD
NA, not applicable |
