Oral microbiome dysbiosis among cigarette smokers and smokeless tobacco users compared to non-users/Experiment 15

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Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-7-31

Curated date: 2025/07/29

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria, Tosin

Subjects

Location of subjects
United States of America
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Homo sapiens
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Buccal mucosa Buccal mucosa,buccal mucosa
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Smoking behaviour measurement Smoking behaviour measurement,smoking behaviour measurement
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Non-tobacco users (NU)
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Cigarettes users (CG )
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Participants in this group smoked 6–10 cigarettes per day and smoked filtered, menthol, and full-flavour cigarettes.
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
43
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
24
Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
6 months

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
raw counts
Statistical test
DESeq2
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased

Signature 1

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-7-31

Curated date: 2025/07/30

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Figure 5a

Description: Relative abundance of bacterial OTUs in buccal swab samples that were statistically significantly different (α = 0.001) between non-users (NU) and cigarette users (CG).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Cigarettes users (CG )

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
unclassified Peptostreptococcaceae
unclassified Ochrobactrum
Actinobacillus parahaemolyticusActinobacillus parahaemolyticus
unclassified Leptotrichia
unclassified Neisseria
unclassified Anaerovorax
unclassified Aggregatibacter
unclassified Haemophilus
Neisseria subflava
unclassified Rhodococcus (in: high G+C Gram-positive bacteria)
unclassified Pseudomonas
Solobacterium moorei
unclassified Prevotella
Streptococcus infantis

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Signature 2

Reviewed Marked as Reviewed by KateRasheed on 2025-7-31

Curated date: 2025/07/30

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Figure 5a

Description: Relative abundance of bacterial OTUs in buccal swab samples that were statistically significantly different (α = 0.001) between non-users (NU) and cigarette users (CG).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Cigarettes users (CG )

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
unclassified Actinomyces
Streptococcus anginosus
unclassified Abiotrophia
unclassified Aggregatibacter
unclassified Leptotrichiaceae

Revision editor(s): Victoria