Table 1.

The relative proportion at genus level per mouthwash compared to the water treatment (n = 12)

Genus (OTU ID)		Mean %	SD	p value
Veillonella a (OTU 190)	Water	62.2	(10)
	MD	64.2	(10)	0.081
	PA	68.0	(10)	0.034
	AX	48.2	(20)	0.030
Streptococcus a (OTU 20)	Water	15.6	(10)
	MD	11.4	(5)	0.001 c
	PA	11.1	(4)	0.002
	AX	28.7	(10)	0.004
Prevotella b (OTU 296)	Water	14	(10)
	MD	10.9	(4)	0.084
	PA	7.8	(4)	0.008
	AX	8.7	(4)	0.010
Parvimonas b (OTU 133)	Water	2.1	(2)
	MD	2.6	(2)	0.099
	PA	3.2	(3)	0.075
	AX	4.2	(4)	0.015
Solobacterium b (OTU 6)	Water	1.9	(2)
	MD	1.3	(1)	0.050
	PA	0.9	(1)	0.002
	AX	0.8	(0)	0.010
Megasphaera b (OTU 88)	Water	1.5	(1)
	MD	1.3	(1)	0.023
	PA	0.7	(1)	0.002
	AX	0.4	(0)	0.002

^aPaired t test

^bWilcoxon rank test (p values not corrected for multiple comparisons)

^c p values (highlighted in bold) that remain significant after Bonferroni correction for multiple tests