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Table 4 Most abundant sequenced and cultured bacterial species

From: The human jejunum has an endogenous microbiota that differs from those in the oral cavity and colon

 

Bacterial Species

Phylum

DNA: 16S analysis

Colonies

Top 10 abundance

species detected

% of Subjects

% of Subjects

1

Streptococcus mitis (tigurinus,oralis)

Firmicutes

100%

0

2

Veillonella atypica

Firmicutes

70%

0

3

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

Proteobacteria

65%

0

4

Fusobacterium periodonticum

Fusobacteria

60%

0

5

Streptococcus vestibularis

Firmicutes

55%

0

6

Prevotella melaninogenica

Bacteroidetes

50%

0

7

Escherichia coli

Proteobacteria

45%

25%

8

Prevotella histicola

Bacteroidetes

40%

0

9

Streptococcus parasanguinis

Firmicutes

40%

33%

10

Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae

Firmicutes

35%

0

11

Actinomyces odontolyticus

Actinobacteria

30%

8%

12

Prevotella veroralis

Bacteroidetes

30%

0

13

Neisseria mucosa

Proteobacteria

25%

0

14

Veillonella dispar

Firmicutes

25%

8%

15

Prevotella pallens

Bacteroidetes

25%

0

16

Granulicatella adiacens

Firmicutes

20%

0

17

Rothia mucilaginosa

Actinobacteria

20%

8%

18

Actinobacillus parahaemolyticus

Proteobacteria

15%

0

19

Prevotella salivae

Bacteroidetes

15%

0

20

Gemella cunicula

Firmicutes

10%

0

21

Leptotrichia wadei

Fusobacteria

10%

0

22

Lachnoclostridium celerecrescens

Firmicutes

10%

0

23

Ralstonia pickettii

Proteobacteria

10%

0

24

Enterobacter soli

Proteobacteria

10%

0

25

Citrobacter freundii

Proteobacteria

10%

17%

26

Citrobacter werkmanii

Proteobacteria

5%

0

27

Campylobacter concisus

Proteobacteria

5%

0

28

Fusobacterium nucleatum

Fusobacteria

5%

0

29

Porphyromonas endodontalis

Bacteroidetes

5%

0

30

Corynebacterium argentoratense

Actinobacteria

5%

0

31

Klebsiella variicola

Proteobacteria

5%

0

32

Klebsiella granulomatis

Proteobacteria

5%

0

33

Megasphaera micronuciformis

Firmicutes

5%

0

34

Oribacterium sinus

Firmicutes

5%

0

35

Gemella sanguinis

Firmicutes

5%

0

36

Lactobacillus mucosae

Firmicutes

5%

0

37

Streptococcus salivarius

Firmicutes

5%

58%

38

Streptococcus lactarius

Firmicutes

5%

0

39

Streptococcus peroris

Firmicutes

5%

0

  1. DNA 16S analysis Top10: Fraction of subjects who ranked this species among their Top 10 most abundant, as determined by 16S rRNA metagenomic analysis of total bacterial DNA. Colonies: species detected. Fraction of subjects positive for the species by a spot-check sampling of colonies from rich medium aerobic and anaerobic cultures of the first 12 subjects recruited: A, C, D, G, I, L, N, O, P, R, T