Illumina HiSeq 2000 sequencing; qiita_ptid_102:958.O.08
The study aims at characterizing the microbiota of the saliva in obese patients and in a randomly selected population of normal weight individuals. The overall scope is to explore the possibility that a peculiar microbial ecology characterizes the saliva of obese people and thus start wondering whether this can have any meaning on the pathology occurrence and development.
EMP V4 515f,806rbc protocol