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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue -, Pages 65-70Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2015.06.002
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- NIDCR NIH HHS [DE013986, R21 DE023632, R01 DE013986, DE023632] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH [R21DE023632, R01DE013986] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The oral mycobiota is an important component of the oral microbiota that has only recently received increased attention. The diversity and complexity of the oral mycobiota in healthy humans is greater than any other body site. Dysbiotic imbalance of indigenous fungal communities in immunosuppressed hosts has been proposed to lead to oropharyngeal fungal infections. As in other body sites, to survive and thrive in the oral cavity fungi have to maintain mutually beneficial relationships with the resident bacterial microbiota and the host. Here we review our current understanding of the composition of the oral mycobiota and how it may be influenced by oral commensal bacteria and the host environment.
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