High-frequency time series sampling of salivary microbiome - MA validation

The oral microbiome is linked to oral and systemic health, but its fluctuation under frequent daily activities remains elusive. We sampled saliva at an unprecedented frequency to track the microbiome dynamics in response to human activities. We identified specific bacteria responding to eating activity in a temporal order (see qiita study ID 14062). Here, to test the reproducibility of the microbial patterns from a large time scale, we additionally collected saliva samples from subject MA for another 1.5 days. The microbial eating-increased, eating-decreased and temporal patterns were all repeated in this separate dataset.