Table 3 Summary of functions of Hot OTUs

From: Integrating next-generation sequencing and traditional tongue diagnosis to determine tongue coating microbiome

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Taxonomy Assignment

Function

References

1

Lactobacillus sp.

lactic acid bacteria

47

7

Streptococcus sp.

  

1

Streptococcus thermophilus

  

1

Streptococcus minor

  

1

Vagococcus sp.

  

1

Anaeroglobus sp.

dental caries

63

1

Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus

 

64

1

Scardovia inopinata

 

65

1

Treponema amylovorum

 

66

1

Prevotella nigrescens

periodontical diseases (gingivitis or periodontitis)

67

2

Capnocytophaga sputigena

 

68

1

Desulfomicrobium orale

 

69

1

Treponema socranskii

 

70

3

Fusobacterium sp.

 

71

2

Porphyromonas gingivalis

 

72,73

1

Streptococcus sanguinis

  

1

Tannerella forsythia

  

2

Prevotella intermedia

  

2

Mogibacterium sp.

 

74

1

Olsenella sp.

  

1

Dialister pneumosintes

 

75

2

Parvimonas micra

 

76

3

Capnocytophaga sp.

dental plaque

77

2

Capnocytophaga sputigena

  

1

Capnocytophaga haemolytica

  

1

Rothia aeria

degrading gluten

78

6

Rothia mucilaginosa

  

2

Alloprevotella tannerae

halitosis

79

2

Solobacterium moorei

 

80

6

Corynebacterium argentoratense

tonsillitis

81

2

Prevotella oris

bacteremia and endocarditis

56

1

Cardiobacterium hominis

 

82

1

Gemella sanguinis

 

83

1

Capnocytophaga haemolytica

 

84

2

Actinomyces odontolyticus

 

60

2

Peptostreptococcus sp.

infection in/on all body sites

61

1

Agrobacterium sp.

opportunistic infections

85