Table 3. Comparison of genera detected by culture-based identification vs. 16S rRNA sequencing across individual TCM samples.
| Genus | Areca catechu | Alpinia oxyphylla | E. caryophyllata | P. cablin | M. officinalis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture-based | |||||
| Enterobacter | + | + | + | + | + |
| Cronobacter | + | − | − | − | − |
| Leclercia | + | − | − | − | − |
| Klebsiella | + | + | − | + | − |
| Pantoea | − | − | + | − | + |
| Pseudomonas | − | − | − | + | − |
| Stenotrophomonas | − | − | − | − | + |
| 16S rRNA seq | |||||
| Enterobacter | 6.8 | 10.8 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| Cronobacter | 19.2 | 6.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Leclercia | − | − | − | − | − |
| Klebsiella | 38.3 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| Pantoea | 83.5 | 164.5 | 97.2 | 342.5 | 21.8 |
| Pseudomonas | 3,553.0 | 2,665.2 | 1,480.7 | 1,921.7 | 1,935.2 |
| Stenotrophomonas | 18.2 | 25.5 | 13.2 | 16.3 | 3.8 |
+,
Detected; –, undetected. The values represent the mean raw sequencing read counts (sequencing abundance) of ASVs assigned to each genus within a given type of TCM sample.