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. 2003 Jan;41(1):295–303. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.295-303.2003

TABLE 3.

Familial distribution of ear canal phylotypes

Parameter Valuea
I
II
III
IV
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
A1 A2 A3 B1a B1b B1c B1d B2 C1 C2 D1 D2 E1 E2 F1 F2 F3 G1 H1a H1b H3 H4 J1 K1
Phylotypeb
    A. otitis 80 97 70 70 55 61 77 38 100 31 79 35 41 12 67 47 59 100 97 92 95
    C. otitidis 13 10 2 30 28 22 33 40 22 4 52 52 84 24 50 33
    S. auricularis 32 10 6 19 12 11 11 5 3 23 60 2 5 1
    C. auris 44 31 2
    Corynebacterium sp. strain 61720 19 1
    S. epidermidis 1 1 1 3
    P. acnes 1 2 4 5
    Streptococcus gordonii 3 1
    Fusobacterium periodonticum 1 1 3
    Pseudomonas lanceolata 1 2 1
    Enterobacter sp. strain B509 1 2
    Uncultured bacterium strain BPC009 1 1
    Enterobacter agglomerans 1 1
    Tilletiara anomala 43 5 7 1 1 6 2 1 2 4 1
    M. obscurus fungus 5 2 4
    Trhypochthanius tectorum 1 6 3
    P. pubis fungus 2 1
    Sclerotium sp. 2 1
    Homo sapiens (mitochondrion) 1 4
    Other 1 1 4 26 1 3 2 1 1 3 4 1
No. of clones 88 87 93 54 89 89 94 84 84 95 89 90 93 87 73 91 84 80 91 81 89 88 83 87
PCR primersc U U U B U U U B U U U U U U U U U U B U U U U B
DNA extractiond S S S C S S S C S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S C
Collection sitee L L L L L L F L L L F F F F F F F F F F F F F L
Elapsed timef 0 4 12 13 0 14
Sexg M F F M F M F M F M F F F M M M F F M M
Ageh 32 32 5 35 35 65 62 66 61 35 31 23 1 55 28 39 1 4 66 57
a

Column headers indicate family (roman numerals), household (letters), and individuals (letters plus numbers). Multiple samples for an individual are designated by lowercase letters.

b

Nearest relative based on Blastn search. Data are presented as percentages of the numbers of clones screened for each library.

c

U, Universal primers 515F-1391R; B, bacterial primers 8F-805R.

d

S, simple boiling preparation; C, chemical, enzymatic, mechanical extraction of DNA.

e

L, laboratory; F, field.

f

Months elapsed from initial sampling for individuals sampled on multiple occasions.

g

M, male; F, female.

h

Age in years at time of sampling.