Association of Fusobacterium nucleatum in human saliva with periodontal status and composition of the salivary microbiome including periodontopathogens

Abstract

We characterized the composition of the saliva microbiome in groups based on the abundance of Fusobacterium nucleatum . There is a lot of periodontitis in subjects with a high abundance of F. nucleatum . The diversity of the saliva microbiome was different among groups based on the abundance of F. nucleatum . The abundance of F. nucleatum correlated with various periodontopathogens including red complex. These results support the influence of the abundance of F. nucleatum in saliva on periodontal status and the composition of the salivary microbiome, including the red complex and periodontopathogens.