title: High diversity of the saliva microbiome in Batwa Pygmies.
abstract: We describe the saliva microbiome diversity in Batwa Pygmies, a former hunter-gatherer group from Uganda, using next-generation sequencing of partial 16S rRNA sequences. Microbial community diversity in the Batwa is significantly higher than in agricultural groups from Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We found 40 microbial genera in the Batwa, which have previously not been described in the human oral cavity. The distinctive composition of the salvia microbiome of the Batwa may have been influenced by their recent different lifestyle and diet.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. nasidze@eva.mpg.de
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nasidze
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: Jean L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Creasey
authors.forename: Mingkun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoneking
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D044822:Biodiversity; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D054892:Metagenome / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011157:Population Dynamics; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012807:Sierra Leone; D013045:Species Specificity; D014454:Uganda
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S