TABLE 5.
Most common species of Peptostreptococcus isolated in comparative anaerobic surveys
| Reference | No. of isolates (% of total
Peptostreptococcus isolated)a
of:
|
Total no. (%) of Peptostrepto- coccus isolatesa | Total no. of anaerobes isolated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. anaerobius | P. asaccharolyticusb | P. magnus | P. micros | P. prevotiib | |||
| Wren et al., 1977 (295) | 44 (13) | 33 (10) | 84 (26) | 21 (6) | 31 (10) | 326 (26) | 1,271 |
| Holland et al., 1977 (138) | 17 (14) | 23 (18) | 48 (38) | NAc | 21 (17) | 125 (31) | 408 |
| Rosenblatt, 1985d (227) | 35 | 72 | 176 | 31 | 30 | NA | NA |
| Brook, 1988 (28) | 285 (18) | 293 (18) | 318 (20) | 74 (5) | 233 (15) | 1,600 (24) | 6,557 |
| Brook, 1994e (33) | 46 | 103 | 74 | 51 | 56 | 659 | NA |
| Murdoch et al., 1994f (196) | 27 (16) | 24 (14) | 55 (33) | 23 (14) | 0 | 209 (27) | 782 |
a
Percentages for individual species are based on total Peptostreptococcus isolated; percentages for total Peptostreptococcus isolated are based on total anaerobes isolated.
b
Species affected by recent taxonomic changes.
c
NA, not available.
d
Data available only for the 15 most frequently isolated anaerobic species.
e
Pediatric survey. For this report, figures for percentages of total Peptostreptococcus isolated are not quoted since only 330 (50%) of 659 strains were identified to the species level.
f
Percentages based on the 168 strains available for examination. Strains of P. asaccharolyticus do not include “P. harei.”