Oral Microbiomes and Host Health
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiomes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 1141
Special Issue Editor
Interests: oral microbiome; oral diseases; antimicrobial resistance; biofilms; clinical microbiology
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Dear Colleagues,
The oral microbiome plays a pivotal role in maintaining health and mediating disease beyond the oral cavity. This complex and dynamic microbial community influences local conditions such as dental caries, periodontitis, and oral mucosal disorders, while also contributing to systemic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory infections, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. Recent advances in high-throughput sequencing and multi-omics are revealing intricate host–microbe and microbe–microbe interactions, uncovering mechanisms of immune modulation, microbial dysbiosis, and inflammatory signaling. This Special Issue invites original research and reviews that explore the composition, function, and clinical implications of the oral microbiome in host diseases. Topics of interest include microbial biomarkers for early disease detection, the impact of oral dysbiosis on systemic health, host genetic and immune factors shaping the oral microbiota, and novel microbiome-targeted therapies. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that bridge microbiology, immunology, clinical sciences, and bioinformatics to advance our understanding of the oral microbiome’s role in health and disease.
Dr. Lucinda J. Bessa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- oral microbiome
- oral diseases
- systemic diseases
- dysbiosis
- host–microbe interactions
- microbial biomarkers
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