Tobacco Smoking Affects the Salivary Gram-Positive Bacterial Population

• Main Authors: Ghiles Grine (Author), Arthur Royer (Author), Elodie Terrer (Author), Ousmane Oumou Diallo (Author), Michel Drancourt (Author), Gérard Aboudharam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The microbial communities of the oral fluid are in direct contact with tobacco smoke, which may thus affect these communities. Few culture-based studies have analyzed the effects of tobacco smoking on the oral fluid microbiota. Using bacterial culture we investigated whether tobacco smoking altered...