TABLE 3.

Comparison of the saliva and buccal mucosa microbiota composition of healthy individuals.

References	Variable region	Reference database	Saliva	Buccal mucosa
Zhou et al., 2021	V4–V5	SILVA	Streptococcus, Neisseria, Prevotella, Porphyromonas, Haemophilus, Veillonella, Fusobacterium, Alloprevotella, Pseudomonas, Rothia, Gemella
Caselli et al., 2020	whole genome sequencing		Streptococcus, Neisseria, Prevotella, Haemophilus, Rothia, Actinomyces, Veillonella, Fusobacterium, Corynebacterium, Capnocytophaga, Aggregatibacter, Gemella, Lautropia, Simonsiella, Schaalia, Mogibacterium, Pseudopropionibacterium, Tannerlla, Campylobacter, Cardiobacterium, Leptotrichia
Stehlikova et al., 2019	V3–V4	eHOMD		Streptococcus, Haemophilus, Gemella, Neisseria, Prevotella, Bergeyella, Veillonella, Porphyromonas, Granulicatella, Rothia, Fusobacterium
Yu et al., 2017	V3–V4	Greengenes	Streptococcus, Veillonella, Prevotella, Haemophilus, Actinomyces, Rothia, Leptotrichia, Gemella, Lactobacillus
Kim et al., 2016	V1–V3	EzTaxon	Streptococcus, Haemophilus, Neisseria, Rothia, Veillonella, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Lautropia, Campylobacter, Actinomyces, Capnocytophaga, Leptotrichia, Gemella, Porphyromonas	Streptococcus, Haemophilus, Rothia, Neisseria, Actinomyces, Veillonella, Lautropia, Fusobacterium, Escherichia, Gemella, Prevotella, Corynebacterium, Granulicatella, Leptotrichia, Capnocytophaga
Zaura et al., 2009	V5–V6	SILVA	Streptococcus, Neisseria, Corynebacterium, Rothia, Actinomyces, Haemophilus, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Granulicatella, Capnocytophaga
This study	V4–V3	SILVA	Streptococcus, Veillonella, Neisseria, Haemophilus, Porphyromonas, Gemella, Fusobacterium, Alloprevotella, Rothia, Prevotella, Candidatus_Saccharimonas, Aggregatibacter Leptotrichia, Actinomyces, Selenomonas_3, Granulicatella, Bergeyella, Lautropia