Figure 6.

Overlap in bacteria found in the CF ferret lung and intestine. The types of bacteria observed in both the lung and intestine of seven CF animals were evaluated by MALDI-TOF MS and 16S sequencing. (A) Schematic representation of graphs for each of the seven animals. Bacteria found in the small intestine and colon are shown in the outer circle, whereas bacteria found in the lung lysates are shown in the inner circle. The animal identification number is in the center of the circles. (B–F) Results of bacteria identified in seven independent CF animals. *Bacteria found in both the intestinal and lung samples of the same animal; ^#bacteria found in both the lung and intestinal samples of at least two animals; ^†bacteria found in the lung and intestinal sample of only one of the seven CF ferrets. Each CF ferret had at least one unique bacterial strain found in both the lung and intestine.