Table 4.
Genus-level taxonomic analysis.
| Baseline | 12 Weeks | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (%) | Test (%) | Total (%) | Control (%) | Test (%) | Total (%) | |
| Streptococcus | 30.00 | 25.65 | 27.73 | 33.15 | 31.69 ** | 35.48 |
| Lautropia | 12.37 | 12.63 | 12.51 | 8.18 | 10.62 | 8.81 |
| Actinomyces | 7.61 | 7.59 | 7.60 | 8.99 | 8.69 | 9.74 |
| Haemophilus | 7.37 | 9.42 | 8.44 | 6.08 | 6.44 ** | 4.53 |
| f_Neisseriaceae | 6.92 | 6.77 | 6.84 | 6.70 | 6.38 | 5.94 |
| Neisseria | 5.41 | 5.67 | 5.54 | 7.25 | 5.98 | 6.41 |
| Rothia | 4.8 | 4.93 | 4.87 | 4.84 | 5.23 | 5.57 |
| Corynebacterium | 4.55 | 4.98 | 4.77 | 4.46 | 4.65 | 4.53 |
| Capnocytophaga | 3.97 | 3.73 | 3.85 | 3.38 | 3.37 * | 2.91 |
| f_Propionibacteriaceae | 1.08 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 2.20 | 1.42 | 1.82 |
| Kingella | 1.35 | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.27 | 1.37 | 1.33 |
| f_Weeksellaceae | 1.38 | 1.09 | 1.23 | 1.45 | 1.26 | 1.28 |
| Fusobacterium | 1.22 | 2.21 | 1.73 | 0.77 | 1.25 ** | 0.79 |
| Others | 11.98 | 12.93 | 12.48 | 11.28 | 11.65 | 10.87 |
Average proportions (%) of each genus in total microbiome are presented. * Statistically significant difference between baseline and 12 weeks (p < 0.05); ** Statistically significant difference between baseline and 12 weeks (p < 0.001).