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Relative abundances of four functional gene categories in the healthy sites and sites with periodontal pockets. (a) Carbohydrate metabolism, (b) glycan biosynthesis and metabolism, (c) amino acid metabolism, and (d) replication and repair. The four functional gene categories were significantly different between healthy and periodontitis sites (p < 0.05). Data are shown as the mean ± standard error of the mean.
