Research Article

Gender Variations in the Oral Microbiomes of Elderly Patients with Initial Periodontitis

Table 2

Linear discriminant analysis (LDA) effect size (LEfSe) results of the distinct taxa between males and females.

BiomarkerGroupsLDA value

Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Gammaproteobacteria.Pasteurellales.Pasteurellaceae.HaemophilusMales4.05
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.MuribaculaceaeMales3.46
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.Muribaculaceae.uncultured_bacteriumMales3.40
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.AlphaproteobacteriaMales3.28
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Gammaproteobacteria.PseudomonadalesMales3.33
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Alphaproteobacteria.SAR11_cladeMales3.25
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Alphaproteobacteria.SAR11_clade.Clade_IMales3.18
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Alphaproteobacteria.SAR11_clade.Clade_I.Clade_IaMales3.16
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.Bacteroidaceae.BacteroidesMales2.72
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.BacteroidaceaeMales2.72
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Gammaproteobacteria.Pseudomonadales.MoraxellaceaeMales3.12
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.Prevotellaceae.Prevotellaceae_UCG_001Males2.92
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Gammaproteobacteria.Pseudomonadales.Moraxellaceae.AcinetobacterMales3.10
Bacteria.Patescibacteria.Gracilibacteria.Absconditabacteriales__SR1_.uncultured_bacteriumMales3.02
Bacteria.Patescibacteria.Gracilibacteria.Absconditabacteriales__SR1_.uncultured_bacterium.uncultured_bacteriumMales3.02
Bacteria.Actinobacteria.Actinobacteria.Actinomycetales.Actinomycetaceae.UnculturedMales2.84
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.Muribaculaceae.uncultured_organismMales2.27
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.Prevotellaceae.Prevotellaceae_NK3B31_groupMales2.39
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Gammaproteobacteria.Pasteurellales.Pasteurellaceae.ActinobacillusMales2.51
Bacteria.Firmicutes.Clostridia.Clostridiales.Ruminococcaceae.Ruminococcus_1Males2.07
Bacteria.Firmicutes.Clostridia.Clostridiales.Ruminococcaceae.Ruminococcaceae_UCG_005Males2.14
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Alphaproteobacteria.Rhodobacterales.RhodobacteraceaeMales2.27
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Alphaproteobacteria.RhodobacteralesMales2.27
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Alphaproteobacteria.SAR11_clade.Clade_IIMales2.31
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Alphaproteobacteria.SAR11_clade.Clade_II.Ambiguous_taxaMales2.32
Bacteria.Actinobacteria.Actinobacteria.Bifidobacteriales.Bifidobacteriaceae.BifidobacteriumMales2.13
Bacteria.Firmicutes.Clostridia.Clostridiales.Family_XIMales2.01
Bacteria.Firmicutes.Clostridia.Clostridiales.Lachnospiraceae._Bacteroides__pectinophilus_groupMales2.10
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Flavobacteriales.Flavobacteriaceae.NS5_marine_groupMales2.03
Bacteria.EpsilonbacteraeotaFemales3.55
Bacteria.Epsilonbacteraeota.Campylobacteria.CampylobacteralesFemales3.55
Bacteria.Epsilonbacteraeota.CampylobacteriaFemales3.55
Bacteria.Epsilonbacteraeota.Campylobacteria.Campylobacterales.Campylobacteraceae.CampylobacterFemales3.53
Bacteria.Epsilonbacteraeota.Campylobacteria.Campylobacterales.CampylobacteraceaeFemales3.53
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.F082Females2.18
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.F082.uncultured_rumen_bacteriumFemales2.08
Bacteria.Proteobacteria.Gammaproteobacteria.Betaproteobacteriales.Burkholderiaceae.PelomonasFemales2.06
Bacteria.Actinobacteria.Actinobacteria.Bifidobacteriales.Bifidobacteriaceae.GardnerellaFemales2.00
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.Bacteroidales_BS11_gut_groupFemales2.13
Bacteria.Firmicutes.Negativicutes.Selenomonadales.Veillonellaceae.Selenomonas_1Females2.00
Bacteria.Bacteroidetes.Bacteroidia.Bacteroidales.uncultured.uncultured_rumen_bacteriumFemales2.25

Only an LDA score of >2.0 is shown.