TABLE 1.
Diversity of phylogenetic types associated with human ear canals
| Nearest relativea | Cladeb | % IDc | No. of clonesd | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. otitis | Low G + C | 96-98 | 1,221 | 56.71 |
| C. otitidis | Actinobacteria | 96-99 | 440 | 20.44 |
| S. auricularis | Low G + C | 98-99 | 212 | 9.85 |
| C. auris | Actinobacteria | 98 | 67 | 3.11 |
| Tilletiaria anomala | Eucaryote | 94-95 | 65 | 3.02 |
| P. acnes | Actinobacteria | 99 | 35 | 1.63 |
| Corynebacterium sp. strain 61720 | Actinobacteria | 97 | 17 | 0.79 |
| M. obscurus fungus | Eucaryote | 94-97 | 10 | 0.46 |
| Stephanoascus ciferrii | Eucaryote | 98 | 8 | 0.37 |
| Trhypochthonius tectorum | Eucaryote | 91 | 8 | 0.37 |
| S. epidermidis | Low G − C | 95 | 6 | 0.28 |
| Fusobacterium periodonticum | Fusobacteria | 98 | 4 | 0.19 |
| Homo sapiens (mitochondrion) | Plastid | 97 | 4 | 0.19 |
| Pseudomonas lanceolata | γ Proteobacteria | 99 | 4 | 0.19 |
| Streptococcus gordonii | Low G + C | 99 | 4 | 0.19 |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | Eucaryote | 96 | 3 | 0.14 |
| P. pubis fungus | Eucaryote | 99 | 3 | 0.14 |
| Sclerotium sp. strain BSC-97 | Eucaryote | 96 | 3 | 0.14 |
| Enterobacter sp. strain B509 | γ Proteobacteria | 99 | 3 | 0.14 |
| Staphylococcus hominis | Low G − C | 90 | 3 | 0.14 |
| Kocuria erythromyxa | Actinobacteria | 94 | 2 | 0.09 |
| Uncultured bacterium strain BPC009 | Actinobacteria | 95-98 | 2 | 0.09 |
| Enterobacter agglomerans | γ Proteobacteria | 99 | 2 | 0.09 |
| Bacillus licheniformis | Low G − C | 98 | 2 | 0.09 |
| Streptococcus sp. oral strain B5SC | Low G − C | 98 | 2 | 0.09 |
| Alpha proteobacterium strain VUN10077 | α Proteobacteria | 99 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Uncultured bacterium 16S rRNA | β Proteobacteria | 98 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Acinetobacter sp. | γ Proteobacteria | 98 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Haemophilus paraphrophilus | γ Proteobacteria | 96 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Brevibacterium avium | Actinobacteria | 98 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Brevibacterium sp. | Actinobacteria | 98 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Corynebacterium sp. strain X82493 | Actinobacteria | 95 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Dietzia maris | Actinobacteria | 95 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Gram-positive bacterium strain Wuba45 | Actinobacteria | 97 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Human oral bacterium strain AC1 | Actinobacteria | 98 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Synechococcus sp. strain ATCC 700246 | Cyanobacteria | 95 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Tetranychus urticae | Eucaryote | 95 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Abiotrophia defectiva | Low G + C | 96 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Carnobacterium sp. strain LV62LW1 | Low G + C | 92 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Staphylococcus piscifermentans | Low G + C | 96 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Streptococcus mitis | Low G + C | 99 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Streptococcus sp. oral clone BW009 | Low G + C | 99 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Veillonella sp. oral clone X042 | Low G + C | 98 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Uncultured bacterium strain WCHA2-01 | OP11 | 100 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Uncultured bacterium 16S rRNA, strain BD7-4 | OP11 | 87 | 1 | 0.05 |
| Total | 2,150 | 100.00 |
a
Based on BlastN search.
b
Kingdom (eucaryote)- or division (bacteria)-level phylogenetic affiliation.
c
BlastN score. ID, identity.
d
Total number of clones screened in all libraries.