“…These two bacteria have been found to coexist on the tooth surface and in the pharynx of humans [34]. Within the Y-thin tongue coating bacteria, the representative Y-thin bacterium N. elongata was positively correlated with C. sputigena, a pathogenic species associated with horioamnionitis, abortion, periodontitis, pleuropneumonitis [35,36,37,38] and abscess [39,40], and with the oral cavity resident Lautropia mirabilis [41][42][43][44]. In the Y-thick greasy group, the abundant species P. melaninogenica, V. dispar and Atopobium parvulum were significantly positively correlated with each other, demonstrating the coexistence and potential interactions of these bacteria.…”