Research Article

Sex Variations in the Oral Microbiomes of Youths with Severe Periodontitis

Table 3

The main microbiota (>1%) at the phylum and genus level and their abundance.

LevelMicrobiotaMalesFemales

Phylum levelBacteroidetes44.23%48.77%
Fusobacteria15.92%22.01%
Proteobacteria21.57%9.29%
Firmicutes5.83%7.36%
Actinobacteria6.46%4.07%
Spirochaetes3.26%5.56%
Epsilonbacteraeota1.97%1.87%
Genus levelPrevotella9.89%13.29%
Fusobacterium8.25%13.16%
Leptotrichia7.6%8.78%
Porphyromonas6.35%9.87%
Neisseria10.63%4.07%
Capnocytophaga8.31%4.43%
Prevotella_75.62%4.72%
Prevotella_23.99%5.42%
Corynebacteriumand5.72%3.35%
Treponema_23.26%5.56%
Aggregatibacter5.23%2.34%
Alloprevotella2.6%2.69%
Tannerella1.37%2.43%
Campylobacter1.92%1.79%
F00581.32%1.79%