Fig. 3: Summary of differentially abundant bacteria after suspension of oral health practices.

A summary of the differentially abundant phyla, genera, and ASVs. Phylogenetic tree represents eHOMD V15.22 16S rRNA gene sequences trimmed to the V4-V5 region, with differential ASVs shown by red or blue circles. Regions of the tree are colored by phylum-level classifications of the reference sequences. Red squares, triangles, and genus labels indicate taxa that increased on aggregate over the gingivitis induction phase, with blue indicating a decreasing trend. Red and blue bars on the right side show the span of the significant genera on the tree.