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The V3\u2013V4 region of bacterial 16S rDNA in each sample was amplified and sequenced on the Illumina HiSeq 2500 sequencing platform, and the differences in taxonomy and diversity among different groups were compared.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The composition of the ocular surface microbiota of patients with blepharitis was similar to that of healthy subjects, but there were differences in the relative abundance of each bacterium. At the phylum level, the abundances of\n                    <jats:italic>Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Acidobacteria, Chloroflexi<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Atribacteria<\/jats:italic>\n                    were significantly higher in the blepharitis group than in the healthy control group, while the relative abundance of\n                    <jats:italic>Firmicutes<\/jats:italic>\n                    was significantly lower (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &amp;lt; 0.05, Mann-Whitney U). At the genus level, the abundances of\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus, Ralstonia, Bacteroides, Akkermansia, Bifidobacterium, Escherichia-Shigella, Faecalibacterium<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Brevibacterium<\/jats:italic>\n                    were significantly higher in the blepharitis group than in the healthy control group, while the relative abundances of\n                    <jats:italic>Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Acinetobacter<\/jats:italic>\n                    were significantly lower in the blepharitis group (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &amp;lt; 0.05, Mann-Whitney U). The microbiota of anterior blepharitis was similar to that of mixed blepharitis but different from that of posterior blepharitis.\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Bifidobacterium<\/jats:italic>\n                    are biomarkers of posterior blepharitis, and\n                    <jats:italic>Ralstonia<\/jats:italic>\n                    is a biomarker of mixed blepharitis. There was no significant difference in the ocular surface microbiota between the eyelid margin and conjunctival sac with or without blepharitis.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    The ocular surface microbiota of patients with blepharitis varied among different study groups, according to 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing analysis. The reason might be due to the participants being from different environments and having different lifestyles.\n                    <jats:italic>Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Akkermansia, Ralstonia<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Bacteroides<\/jats:italic>\n                    may play important roles in the pathogenesis of blepharitis.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2021.768849","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,7]],"date-time":"2021-12-07T05:38:06Z","timestamp":1638855486000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":29,"title":["Composition and Diversity of the Ocular Surface Microbiota in Patients With Blepharitis in Northwestern 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