Posterior abundances of oral microbiome species in Case Study 2.

Heatmap showing the mean posterior abundances for the 44 dental calculus samples, based on a custom database that combined the prokaryotic representative RefSeq and pathobionts with complete genomes from the following 5 genera: Corynebacterium, Haemophilus, Klebsiella, Streptococcus, and Bordetella. Species from these five genera of interest that naturally colonise the oral cavity can be found in more samples and at higher abundance (e.g. C. matruchotii) compared to pathobionts of the upper respiratory system (e.g. S. pneumoniae).