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Appendix tissues and rectal swabs for microbiota analysis and conventional cultures were collected from patients. 16S rRNA regions were amplified using a DNA preparation kit with primers designed to target the V3-V4 region. Sixteen (41%) of the patients were classified as CA based on the histopathological analysis, and the rest as SA. The effect size was slightly greater in rectal swab samples than in appendiceal tissue samples. Based on the conventional culture, the most common aerobic bacteria were\n Escherichia<\/jats:italic>\n ,\n Klebsiella<\/jats:italic>\n spp., and\n Enterococcus<\/jats:italic>\n spp. A decrease in both Pseudomonadota and Bacteriodota phyla was observed in tissue samples, while a decrease in Bacteriodota and an increase in Pseudomonadota were observed in rectal samples. Differences in the relative abundance of\n Coprobacter<\/jats:italic>\n and\n Hungatella<\/jats:italic>\n were observed between CAT and SAT samples; however, no genus-level difference remained significant after ANCOM-BC2 multiple-testing correction. The most notable feature of the CAT group was the relatively higher presence of potential pathobionts.\n Bacteriodes<\/jats:italic>\n and\n Roseburia<\/jats:italic>\n showed higher relative abundance in the SA rectal (SAR) group. The genera\n Eubacterium<\/jats:italic>\n and\n Clostridioides<\/jats:italic>\n showed a significant increase in both the SAR and CA rectal (CAR) groups. Lower relative abundances of\n Parvimonas, Prevotella<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n Dialister<\/jats:italic>\n and a higher relative abundance of\n Tyzzerella<\/jats:italic>\n were observed in CAR compared with controls, although these differences did not remain significant after multiple-testing correction. In the ANCOM-BC2 pairwise analysis, an unclassified genus within\n Enterobacteriaceae<\/jats:italic>\n was significantly enriched in CAR compared with healthy controls (LFC\u00a0=\u00a03.56, q = 0.003). No statistically significant distinction was shown at the alpha and beta diversity levels between SA and CA cases. Our findings support previous studies on increased density and diversity at the phylum level in the CA group. The main limitations were the limited sample size and the use of pre-operative antibiotics. 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