Alterations of Microorganisms in Tongue Coating of Gastric Precancerous Lesion Patients with a Damp Phlegm Pattern

Figure 5

(a) BugBase phenotype “contains mobile elements” prediction diagram (E: GPL group, N: healthy control group). (b) BugBase phenotype “forms biofilms” prediction diagram (C: GPL damp phlegm pattern group, D: GPL non-damp phlegm pattern group). The abscissa was the group name, the ordinate was the relative abundance percentage, and the three lines from bottom to top were the lower quartile, the average, and the upper quartile. (a) In the comparison of phenotype “contains mobile elements,” the relative abundance of microorganisms in the GPL damp phlegm pattern group was significantly lower than that in the GPL nondamp phlegm pattern group (). (b) In the comparison of phenotype “forms biofilms,” the relative abundance of microorganisms in the GPL group was significantly higher than that in the healthy control group ().

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