Toxic cultures: e-cigarettes and the oral microbial exposome

Abstract We tested the hypothesis that e-cigarette aerosol is metabolized by the indigenous oral microbiome, leading to structural and functional alterations. We combined untargeted metabolomics of in vitro commensal-rich and pathogen-rich biofilms with metatranscriptomics and fluorescent microscopy...

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Published in:npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Main Authors: Michelle Lee-Scott Beverly, Prem Prashant Chaudhary, Shareef Majid Dabdoub, Shinae Kim, Emmanouli Chatzakis, Kathryn Williamson, Sukirth Murthy Ganesan, Manoj Yadav, Grace Ratley, Brandon N. D’Souza, Ian A. Myles, Purnima S. Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-025-00709-7