Evaluation of the Bacterial Diversity in the Human Tongue Coating Based on Genus-Specific Primers for 16S rRNA Sequencing

Table 1

Clinical parameters and barcode primer sequences of study subjects.

Subjects ID	Gender	Age	TCM tongue coating type	Barcode sequence (5′ to 3′)
A4	Male	30	Thin-white	CTGCCCCGGGTTCCTCATTCTCTAAGCCCCTGCTGTACGGCCAAGGCG
A5	Male	58	Thin-white	CTGCCCCGGGTTCCTCATTCTCTCACACCCTGCTGTACGGCCAAGGCG
A6	Female	72	Thin-white	CTGCCCCGGGTTCCTCATTCTCTTCCCTTCTGCTGTACGGCCAAGGCG
B2	Male	57	White-greasy	CTGCCCCGGGTTCCTCATTCTCTCCGATTCTGCTGTACGGCCAAGGCG
B3	Female	34	White-greasy	CTGCCCCGGGTTCCTCATTCTCTTCGTTGCTGCTGTACGGCCAAGGCG
B4	Male	62	White-greasy	CTGCCCCGGGTTCCTCATTCTCTGGGCACCTGCTGTACGGCCAAGGCG