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In addition, experiments in murine models have shown that the oral pathogen\n                      <jats:italic>Porphyromonas gingivalis<\/jats:italic>\n                      can independently contribute to aneurysm formation. However, whether the oral microbial community differs between patients with AAA and those with advanced atherosclerotic disease remains unknown. This study tests the hypothesis that specific bacterial taxa are differentially abundant in patients with AAA compared to those with advanced atherosclerotic disease.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 73 oral wash samples were collected from 45 subjects with AAA and 28 with atherosclerotic disease. Bacterial DNA was isolated, and the V1-V3 segment of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene was amplified. Taxonomic profiles were constructed using DADA2, and statistical inferences on alpha diversity, beta diversity, and differential abundance were performed, adjusting for age, sex, smoking status, and cancer history. Sensitivity analyses additionally adjusted for cancer status, statin use, proton pump inhibitor use, and diabetes. Bacterial gene potential functions were predicted using PICRUSt2.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The oral microbial community composition differed in beta diversity (weighted UniFrac distance,\n                      <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.166,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&amp;lt;\u20090.001) and trended towards a difference in alpha diversity (Shannon index,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.054) between patients with AAA and advanced isolated atherosclerotic disease. Ten bacterial taxa are overabundant in patients with AAA compared with those with atherosclerotic disease, most notably the genus\n                      <jats:italic>Streptococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      (log2 fold change: 2.06,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.002). PICRUSt2 predicted bacterial pathways related to protein synthesis and DNA replication that were likely to be less abundant, and pathways related to bacterial motility that were likely to be more abundant in oral cavity bacteria in subjects with AAA.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      These findings demonstrate that the oral microbiome differs between patients with AAA and those with advanced atherosclerotic disease and support further investigation of oral microbial alterations and their relationship to vascular pathologies. The known link between\n                      <jats:italic>Streptococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                      and cardiovascular disease makes these results particularly intriguing. Further multi-omic studies with greater power may identify bacterial species and proteins that correlate with disease presence and progression.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcvm.2026.1884994","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,28]],"date-time":"2026-08-28T05:35:48Z","timestamp":1787895348000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Streptococcus and related oral taxa are differentially abundant in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms compared with atherosclerotic disease controls"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Joshua T.","family":"Geiger","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ann L.","family":"Gill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mario","family":"Matabele","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joel","family":"Kruger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baqir","family":"Kedwai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Lehane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benjamin","family":"Ford","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael C.","family":"Stoner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael B.","family":"Sohn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Steven R.","family":"Gill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Doran","family":"Mix","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center","place":["Rochester, NY, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1425","DOI":"10.1001\/archinte.160.10.1425","article-title":"The aneurysm detection and management study screening program: validation cohort and final results. 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