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To reduce the effects of inherent limitations of microbiome data, the taxonomic profiles of the reference group were estimated as log-scaled fold change (logFC) in the abundance of microorganisms between two habitats within the subjects. <\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>For stool and saliva microbiomes, differences in the abundances of Firmicutes, Patescibacteria, and Verrucomicrobia distinguished healthy from PD subjects (95% confidence interval (CI) of logFC: [\u22120.18, 0.31], [\u22121.19, \u22120.34], and [\u22123.68, \u22122.90], respectively). Differences in the abundances of Cyanobacteria, Fusobacteria, and Tenericutes in stool and blood microbiome of healthy subjects fell within 95% CI of logFC [\u22120.38, 0.61], [\u22124.14, \u22123.01], and [1.66, 2.77], respectively. In saliva and blood, differences in the abundances of Epsilonbacteraeota, Firmicutes, Fusobacteria, and Proteobacteria could be used as reference values (95% CI of logFC: [\u22123.67, \u22122.47], [\u22120.35, 0.49], [\u22124.59, \u22123.26], and [\u22121.20, 0.07], respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>As the reference microbiome profiles could discern healthy subjects and individuals with PD, a relatively mild disease state, they can be applied as reference values representing the healthy status of the microbiome and for screening of disease states, preferably in preclinical stages.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcimb.2025.1478136","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,11]],"date-time":"2025-02-11T07:07:46Z","timestamp":1739257666000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Human reference microbiome profiles of different body habitats in healthy individuals"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Sujin","family":"Oh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kyoung Un","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3055","DOI":"10.1007\/s00125-011-2329-8","article-title":"Involvement of tissue bacteria in the onset of diabetes in humans: evidence for a concept","volume":"54","author":"Amar","year":"2011","journal-title":"Diabetologia"},{"key":"B2","first-page":"105","article-title":"The Joint Committee for Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM): a global approach to promote the standardisation of clinical laboratory test results","volume":"28","author":"Armbruster","year":"2007","journal-title":"Clin. 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