The relationship between cigarette smoking and the tongue microbiome in an East Asian population

Background: The oral microbiome, which consists of various habitats, has been shown to be influenced by smoking. However, differences in the tongue microbiomes of current and former smokers, as well as their resultant functional consequences, have rarely been investigated in East Asian populations....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Noriaki Sato, Masanori Kakuta, Eiichiro Uchino, Takanori Hasegawa, Ryosuke Kojima, Wataru Kobayashi, Kaori Sawada, Yoshihiro Tamura, Itoyo Tokuda, Seiya Imoto, Shigeyuki Nakaji, Koichi Murashita, Motoko Yanagita, Yasushi Okuno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Oral Microbiology
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2020.1742527