Species composition and overall diversity are significantly correlated between the tongue coating and gastric fluid microbiomes in gastritis patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that the "tongue coating is produced by fumigation of stomach gas", and that tongue coating can reflect the health status of humans, especially stomach health. Therefore, studying the relationship between the microbiome of the tongue coating and the gastric fluid is of great significance for understanding the biological basis of tongue diagnosis.

Methods

This paper detected the microbiomes of the tongue coating and the gastric fluid in 35 gastritis patients using metagenomic sequencing technology, systematically constructed the microbial atlas of tongue coating and gastric juice, and first described the similar characteristics between the two sites.

Results

There was a significant correlation between tongue co

SUBMITTER: Cui J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8932003 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature