Heritable oral microbes and their importance in microbiome research for public health

Andres Gomez

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2022.03.005

Heritable oral microbes and their importance in microbiome research for public health

Cell Host Microbe. 2022 Apr 13;30(4):439-443. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.03.005.

Author

Andres Gomez¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: gomeza@umn.edu.

PMID: 35421339
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.03.005

Abstract

In 2016, I made part of an effort to characterize oral microbial communities in twins with dental caries. Here, I revisit the results published by me and my colleagues in Cell Host & Microbe in 2017, which shed light on plaque biofilm bacteria influenced by host genotype and their role in oral disease.

MeSH terms

Bacteria / genetics
Biofilms
Dental Caries*
Humans
Microbiota* / genetics
Public Health