FIG 2.

Overview of bactDNA in ascitic fluid samples from cirrhotic patients (n = 174). Bacterial genus results were derived from sequence analysis using direct sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene PCR fragment. The number of patients with detection of the respective sequence type is given on the x axis. Recurring sequence types analyzed in ascitic fluid samples from consecutive paracenteses of the same patient were counted only once. Genera that occurred in three or fewer patients are combined under the term “other genera” and indicated with an asterisk.