Tongue Coat Metagenome of Chinese Adults. human oral metagenome

We applied Illumina high-throughput sequencing on tongue coat samples of 167 Chinese adults to profile and characterize the taxonomy and genes/functions/pathways of tongue coating metagenomes, explore the intrinsic complexity and key elements of each metagenome sample, and the complexity of the metagenome population, and to Find possible markers/patterns in tongue coating metagenomes for gastric diseases.