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Among the significantly decreased oral bacteria in GC patients including <jats:italic>Haemophilus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Neisseria<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Parvimonas<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Peptostreptococcus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Porphyromonas<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Prevotella<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Haemophilus<\/jats:italic>, and <jats:italic>Neisseria<\/jats:italic> are known to reduce nitrite, which may consequently result in an accumulation of carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds. We found that GC can be distinguished accurately from patients with AG and SG (AUC = 0.91) by the random forest model based on the salivary microbiota profiles, and taxa belonging to <jats:italic>unclassified Streptophyta<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Streptococcus<\/jats:italic> have potential as diagnostic biomarkers for GC. Remarkable changes in the salivary microbiota functions were also detected across three histological types, and the upregulation in the isoleucine and valine is in line with a higher level of these amino acids in the gastric tumor tissues that reported by other independent studies. Conclusively, bacteria in the oral cavity may contribute gastric cancer and become new diagnostic biomarkers for GC, but further evaluation against independent clinical cohorts is required. 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