The Vape, the Mouth, and the Mycobiome: A Comparative Metagenomic Analysis
Researchers compared oral fungal communities in e-cigarette users, smokers, dual users, former smokers, and never-smokers, finding e-cigarette users had higher fungal diversity and enriched stress-tolerant species with increased bacterial-fungal interactions, suggesting e-cigarettes alter the oral mycobiome.
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