Biography
Hyun Gee Lee has completed his Master's degree at the age of 26 years from Yonsei University. He is currently a researcher at AMOREPACIFIC.
Abstract
Oral hygiene products having various kinds of calculus inhibitory effects are being introduced on the market. However, there is no mention of the effects on microorganisms in oral hygiene products that have the effect of inhibiting dental calculus formation. The object of this study is to identify the causative microorganisms that influence dental calculus production. A total of 80 calculus patients are recruited. After scaling initially, two groups were randomly assigned the toothpaste according to the presence of calculus inhibitors. Allow 90 days of use and perform microbial analysis before and after use. Microbial community analysis was performed using NGS (Next Generation Sequencing). Principal coordinate analysis (PCoA) was performed to characterize the overall characteristics of the dental calculus-inducing microbiome before and after product use. In the control group, it was confirmed that there was no significant difference in the bacterial community composition before and after using the product in both weighted and unweighted UniFrac distance. The test group showed significant differences in bacterial community composition before and after using the product in both weighted and unweighted UniFrac distance. A linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSE) analysis was performed to identify bacteria with significant differences before and after use of the product. Haemophilus parainfluenzae was identified as a bacterium that causes dental calculus formation. Streptococcus has been identified as a normal oral flora. When dental calculus formation inhibitors were used, the changes in oral microbiome were identified and Haemophilus parainfluenzae was identified as a bacterium that can induce dental calculus formation.
Biography
Karolina Włodarczyk is a PhD student at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology. M.Sc. Włodarczyk studies the symbiotic interactions between the soil bacteria, Rhizobium, and the legume plant – Chamaecytisus albus.
Abstract
Chamaecytisus albus is a species that is strictly protected in Poland. In 2016, it was recognized as a critically endangered and included into „The Polish Red List of Fern and Flowering Plants†(Kaźmierczakowa, 2016). The only one natural habitat of the Chamaecystisus albus in Poland is near Hrubieszów, in the south-eastern part of Poland (Przemyski, 2009). Chamaecystisus albus belongs to the Fabaceae family, therefore it is able to establish symbiotic interactions with the Gram-negative bacteria of the Rhizobiaceae family, which process provides an additional nitrogen source for the plant. Until now, microsymbionts of Chamaecytisus albus were not studied, thus the aim of the study was to determine the genetic diveristy of strains dwelling in Chamaecytisus albus tissues. More than 100 isolates were obtained from root nodules of Chamaecytisus albus and used for genomic DNA isolation. After that, fragments of some housekeeping genes (gyrB encoding beta subunit of gyrase and recA encoding recombinase A) were amplified and sequenced. Obtained results revealed that most of isolates belong to Bradyrhizobium, whereas some strains can be classified as Rhizobium, Phyllobacterium or Bosea. Some strains isolated from Chamaecytisus nodules revealed the highest sequence similarity to Phyllobacterium species, however, this similarity of gyrB and recA gene sequences between these strains and reference Phyllobacterium genera was so low, that it can be speculated that isolated strains could belong to a new species within the genus Phyllobacterium