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The OTUs affiliated with Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria, and Actinobacteria, were identified as core microbiota, which accounted for nearly 90% of 16S rRNA sequences in all samples. However, the principal coordinates analysis (PCoA) of the beta diversity demonstrated that the three periapical statuses have distinct microbial compositions. Compared with HO and PoAP, Actinomyces has a significantly increased abundance in PAP. The microbial diversities in PoAP were significantly lower than those in the HO and PAP (p&amp;lt;0.05). The relative abundance of most bacterial taxa was decreasing, except that Clostridia and Synergistia were increased. Furthermore, we explored the potential metabolic differences of the microbial communities by KEGG pathway prediction. We revealed that the microbiota of PoAP might have a more active metabolic capacity, including carbohydrate metabolism, energy metabolism, and enzyme cofactor\/carrier biosynthesis (p&amp;lt;0.05). 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