FIG 1.

Distinct saliva and subgingival plaque bacterial and fungal communities. (A and C) Bacterial communities differed significantly between saliva (n = 84) and subgingival plaque (n = 71) samples (A), while fungal communities in saliva (n = 43) and plaque (n = 42) had greater overlap (C). The thickness of lines reflects pairwise weighted UniFrac distance between samples, and the shapes reflect clinic visit from which the sample was obtained (visit 1 [V1] and visit 2 [V2]). (B and D) Average relative abundance of specific bacterial or fungal genera identified in saliva (n_bacterial = 84, n_fungal = 43) and plaque (n_bacterial = 71, n_fungal = 42). The top 20 bacterial and 10 fungal genera based on average relative abundance in any sample type are shown in the color legend; all other genera are shown in light blue.