Oral microbiome dysbiosis among cigarette smokers and smokeless tobacco users compared to non-users/Experiment 16

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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
Smokeless tobacco users (ST)
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
Participants in this group had used tobacco at least once per week for the previous year.
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
18
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
Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
age, race, sex

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 5b

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

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Smokeless tobacco users (ST)

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unclassified Coprococcus

Revision editor(s): Victoria

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

Curated date: 2025/07/30

Curator: Victoria

Revision editor(s): Victoria

Source: Figure 5b

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

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Smokeless tobacco users (ST)

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Haemophilus parainfluenzae
Neisseria subflava
unclassified Achromobacter
unclassified Actinomyces
unclassified Neisseria
unclassified Oribacterium
unclassified Peptostreptococcaceae
unclassified Streptococcus
unclassified Veillonellaceae
unclassified Mogibacteriaceaeunclassified Mogibacteriaceae

Revision editor(s): Victoria