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SUBMITTER: Jiang B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3515809 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jiang Bai B Liang Xujun X Chen Yang Y Ma Tao T Liu Liyang L Li Junfeng J Jiang Rui R Chen Ting T Zhang Xuegong X Li Shao S
Scientific reports 20121206
Tongue diagnosis is a unique method in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This is the first investigation on the association between traditional tongue diagnosis and the tongue coating microbiome using next-generation sequencing. The study included 19 gastritis patients with a typical white-greasy or yellow-dense tongue coating corresponding to TCM Cold or Hot Syndrome respectively, as well as eight healthy volunteers. An Illumina paired-end, double-barcode 16S rRNA sequencing protocol was desi ...[more]