Table 1.
Phylum diversity represented in 1,221 16S rDNA clones from normal forearm skin of six subjects
| Phylum | Known species |
Novel phylotypes |
No. of subjects with phylum | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of clones (% of total) | No. of SLOTU | No. of clones (% of total) | No. of SLOTU | ||
| Actinobacteria | 614 (50.3) | 60 | 14 (1.1) | 4 | 6 |
| Firmicutes | 285 (23.3) | 40 | 5 (0.4) | 4 | 6 |
| Proteobacteria | 203 (16.6) | 42 | 34 (2.8) | 11 | 6 |
| Bacteroidales | 13 (1.1) | 9 | 6 (0.5) | 5 | 4 |
| Cyanobacteria | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.2) | 1 | 1 |
| Deinococcus-Thermus | 0 | 0 | 35 (2.9) | 3 | 1 |
| Thermomicrobia | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Unclassified | 8 (0.7) | 1 | 1 (0.1) | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1,123 (92.0) | 152 | 98 (8.0) | 30 | |