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. 2015 Jan 30;81(4):1530–1539. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03470-14

TABLE 2.

Comparison of bacterial communities on leafy greens at different harvest time points at Farm Buskerud and Farm Vestfold

Bacterial phylum and genus Avg % representation ± SE
L. sativa (Vestfold) at:
L. sativa (Buskerud) at:
L. sativa (Vestfold and Buskerud) at:
D. tenuifolia at harvest
3 wk Harvest 3 wk Harvest 3 wk Harvest
Actinobacteria 13 ± 3.3 6 ± 3.1 9 ± 3.5 4 ± 1.5 11 ± 2.3 4 ± 1.8 7 ± 1.5
    Arthrobacter 5 ± 1.3 3.5 ± 2.6 3.2 ± 1.0 <1 ± 0.2 4.5 ± 0.9 2 ± 1.4 2.5 ± 0.7
    Nocardioides 2 ± 0.6 <1 ± 0.2 1 ± 0.7 <1 ± 0.2 1.5 ± 0.4 <1 ± 0.1 1 ± 0.8
    Rhodococcus <1 ± 0.1 <1 ± 0.03 <1 ± 0.2 <1 ± 0.3 <1 ± 0.1 <1 ± 0.1 1 ± 1.2
Bacteroidetes 6 ± 0.22 6 ± 0.1 2 ± 0.4 6.3 ± 1.2 4 ± 0.8 6 ± 0.9 24 ± 4.1
    Chryseobacterium <1 ± 0.4 2 ± 0.8 0.4 ± 0.1 2 ± 0.8 <1 ± 0.2 2 ± 0.5 9 ± 1.3
    Flavobacterium 1.2 ± 0.4 1.6 ± 0.6 0.5 ± 0.2 <1 ± 0.2 <1 ± 0.3 1 ± 0.4 11 ± 1.2
    Hymenobacter 1.5 ± 0.6 <1 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.2 2 ± 1.5 1 ± 0.3 1.5 ± 0.7 <1 ± 0.0
Firmicutes 3 ± 1.6 1.5 ± 0.7 6 ± 0.6 1 ± 0.4 5 ± 1.0 1 ± 0.5 7 ± 6.3
    Exiguobacterium 1.5 ± 0.9 <1 ± 0.04 4 ± 1.3 1 ± 0.9 2.5 ± 0.9 <1 ± 0.4 6 ± 5.8
Proteobacteria 73 ± 6.2 86 ± 4.6 76 ± 10.5 87 ± 12 76 ± 3.8 87 ± 2.9 60 ± 9.0
    Acinetobacter <1 ± 0.6 <1 ± 0.02 1 ± 1.1 3 ± 1.0 1 ± 0.6 1.5 ± 0.8 1 ± 1.1
    Alkanindiges 4 ± 1.8 12 ± 5.2 1 ± 0.4 3 ± 0.5 2.5 ± 1.0 7 ± 3.1 <1 ± 0.0
    Brevundimonas <1 ± 0.3 1.5 ± 0.9 <1 ± 0.2 <1 ± 0.1 <1 ± 0.2 <1 ± 0.5 2.5 ± 0.6
    Duganella 8 ± 3.5 9 ± 3.9 5 ± 1 29 ± 0.8 7 ± 1.8 19 ± 4.8 5.5 ± 1.6
    Massilia 12 ± 4 4 ± 0.8 13 ± 5.4 8 ± 3.2 12 ± 3.0 6 ± 1.6 8 ± 3.5
    Methylophilus <1 ± 0.3 2 ± 0.5 <1 ± 0.1 <1 ± 0.7 <1 ± 0.2 1.5 ± 0.5 1 ± 0.7
    Pantoea 5 ± 3.6 14 ± 7.2 15 ± 10 5 ± 2.4 10 ± 5.6 10 ± 4.0 5 ± 4.6
    Pseudomonas 26 ± 10 22 ± 7.0 22 ± 10 24 ± 5.1 24 ± 6.6 23 ± 3.9 25 ± 11.5
    Rhizobium <1 ± 0.1 4 ± 1.9 <1 ± 0.2 2 ± 0.9 <1 ± 0.1 3 ± 1.1 1 ± 0.2
    Sphingomonas 5 ± 0.4 5 ± 0.7 4 ± 1.3 8 ± 3.9 4.5 ± 0.6 6 ± 2.0 4.5 ± 3.0
    Xanthomonas <1 ± 0.03 2 ± 0.6 3 ± 1.3 <1 ± 0.03 1.5 ± 0.9 1 ± 0.5 2.5 ± 1.9
Othera 5 ± 0.14 1 ± 0.15 3 ± 0.11 1 ± 0.02 4 ± 0.1 2 ± 0.04 2 ± 0.16
Unclassified/otherb 25 ± 3.4 14 ± 3.6 22 ± 8.0 8 ± 0.7 23 ± 1.0 11 ± 3.0 13 ± 0.8
a

Acidobacteria, Armatimonadetes, Chlamydiae, Chlorobi, Chloroflexi, Deinococcus, Thermus, Fusobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes, Nitrospora, Planctomycetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes, Verrucomicrobia, “Candidatus BRC1,” “Candidatus OD1,” “Candidatus OP11,” “Candidatus TM7,” “Candidatus WS3,” and unclassified taxa.

b

About 640 taxa are included in the “other” category.