Table 4.

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

	Relative abundance (%)
Species	Healthy (n = 57)	Caries (n = 31)	Raw p-value	Adjusted p-value
Bifidobacterium dentium	0.00351	0.00561	1.46 × 10–7	2.77 × 10–5
Fusobacterium periodonticum	1.26922	0.45017	1.49 × 10–7	2.77 × 10–5
Porphyromonas sp ot279	0.86330	0.15509	2.27 × 10–7	2.77 × 10–5
Bergeyella sp ot322	0.08561	0.04039	2.80 × 10–7	2.77 × 10–5
Lactobacillus salivarius	0.00347	0.00983	5.50 × 10–7	4.66 × 10–5
Streptococcus sp ot068	0.00469	0.00738	7.79 × 10–6	5.13 × 10–4
Parascardovia denticolens	0.00083	0.00213	1.36 × 10–5	6.71 × 10–4
Alloprevotella sp ot914	0.00941	0.00098	1.54 × 10–5	7.02 × 10–4
Stomatobaculum sp ot097	0.32110	0.13459	1.75 × 10–5	7.34 × 10–4
Leptotrichia sp ot223	0.01186	0.00370	1.94 × 10–5	7.34 × 10–4
Lachnoanaerobaculum umeaense	0.12965	0.07754	1.98 × 10–5	7.34 × 10–4