Oral microbiome homogeneity across diverse human groups from southern Africa: first results from southwestern Angola and Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While the human oral microbiome is known to play an important role in systemic health, its average composition and diversity patterns are still poorly understood. To gain better insights into the general composition of the microbiome on a global scale, the characterization of microbiomes from a broad range of populations, including non-industrialized societies, is needed. Here, we used the portion of non-human reads obtained through an expanded exome capture sequencing approach to characterize the saliva microbiomes of 52 individuals from eight ethnolinguistically diverse southern African populations from Angola (Kuvale, Kwepe, Himba, Tjimba, Kwisi, Twa, !Xun) and Zimbabwe (Tshwa), including foragers, food-producers, and peripatetic groups (low-status communities who pro

SUBMITTER: Araujo V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10436416 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature