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Dry mouth of the dorsum of the tongue in elderly requiring care was associated with the degree of incapacity, tube feeding, and level of conversation.

Decision tree analysis and logistic regression suggest that the leading contributors to the formation of the membranous substances were the method of ingesting nutrients, dryness of the tongue dorsum and open mouth. These three factors are related to elderly persons requiring nursing care with impaired oral cavity function, and it was suggested that dryness of the oral mucosa was the major factor behind the membrane formation.

A strain of Pseudoalteromonas that degrades agar was isolated from the intestines of an alga-eating fish ( Andamia tetradactyla ). We named the strain KAN5 and report on the genome sequenced with the Oxford Nanopore Technologies platform. The 3.8-Mbp genome contains 3,428 protein-coding genes, and the genes involved in agar degradation were confirmed.