Human Salivary Microbiota Diversity According to Ethnicity, Sex, TRPV1 Variants and Sensitivity to Capsaicin
Elena Vinerbi1,2, Gabriella Morini3, Claudia Picozzi4
1Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.
Abstract:
The salivary microbiota of Italian and sub-Saharan African individuals was investigated using Nanopore sequencing technology (ONT: Oxford Nanopore Technologies). We detected variations in community composition in relation to endogenous (ethnicity, sex, and diplotypic variants of the TRPV1 gene) and exogenous (sensitivity to capsaicin) factors. The results showed that Prevotella, Haemophilus, Neisseria, Streptococcus, Veillonella, and Rothia are the most abundant genera, in accordance with the literature. However, alpha diversity and frequency spectra differed significantly between DNA pools. The microbiota in African, male TRPV1 bb/ab diplotype and capsaicin low-sensitive DNA pools was more diverse than Italian, female TRPV1 aa diplotype and capsaicin high-sensitive DNA pools. Relative abundance differed at the phylum, genus, and species level.
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