Table 3.

List of species identified with significantly different relative abundance in samples from individuals with different levels of caries and caries experience.

	Relative abundance (%)
Species	Healthy (n = 85)	Caries (n = 79)	Raw p-value	Adjusted p-value
Bifidobacterium dentium	0.00185	0.00704	8.65 × 10–11	2.67*10–8
Fusobacterium periodonticum	1.65575	0.52774	2.02 × 10–10	4.16*10–8
Parascardovia denticolens	0.00013	0.00388	6.19 × 10–10	9.57*10–8
Lactobacillus salivarius	0.00001	0.09681	2.26 × 10–8	2.79 × 10–6
Stomatobaculum sp ot097	0.39023	0.14618	3.10 × 10–8	3.19 × 10–6
Mitsuokella sp ot131	0.00053	0.00297	9.46 × 10–8	6.50 × 10–6
Porphyromonas sp ot279	1.15374	0.35327	1.75 × 10–7	1.08 × 10–5
Streptococcus mutans	0.01418	0.04534	2.07 × 10–7	1.16 × 10–5
Bergeyella sp ot322	0.11329	0.05635	2.42 × 10–7	1.22 × 10–5
Cryptobacterium curtum	0.00442	0.01567	2.68 × 10–7	1.22 × 10–5
Actinomyces sp ot181	0.04063	0.10343	6.02 × 10–7	2.32 × 10–5
Haemophilus parainfluenzae	2.26257	1.05409	7.25 × 10–7	2.64 × 10–5
Veillonella rogosae	1.25629	0.63628	8.29 × 10–7	2.85 × 10–5
Veillonella sp ot917	0.06596	0.15617	1.46 × 10–6	4.75 × 10–5
Neisseria flavescens	2.16957	0.29464	1.79 × 10–6	5.43 × 10–5
Lactobacillus vaginalis	0.00001	0.01389	1.85 × 10–6	5.43 × 10–5
Atopobium parvulum	0.02330	0.04696	2.22 × 10–6	6.01 × 10–5
Leptotrichia sp ot223	0.01805	0.00756	9.10 × 10–6	2.25 × 10–4
Megasphaera sp ot123	0.00096	0.00655	9.76 × 10–6	2.32 × 10–4
Lachnoanaerobaculum sp ot083	0.01101	0.00043	1.24 × 10–5	2.74 × 10–4
Tannerella sp ot808	0.03441	0.00419	1.31 × 10–5	2.80 × 10–4
Streptococcus sp ot068	0.00368	0.00627	1.65 × 10–5	3.40 × 10–4
Prevotella shahii	0.03324	0.00718	1.94 × 10–5	3.88 × 10–4
Scardovia wiggsiae	0.01458	0.03128	2.28 × 10–5	4.40 × 10–4
Prevotella sp ot396	0.00892	0.00172	4.44 × 10–5	8.07 × 10–4
Veillonella denticariosi	0.09186	0.11177	5.17 × 10–5	9.13 × 10–4