Table 5.

Sputum Taxa Differential Abundance by Exacerbation Phenotype

Corresponding Genus for Identified ASV	q-value	q-value (corrected for FEV1ppa)	Difference in Group Means (all are more abundant in IE sputum than FE sputum)
Actinomyces b	0.048	< 0.001 b	169.6
Capnocytophaga	0.087	< 0.001	42.5
Gemella	0.087	< 0.001	2379.2
Streptococcus	0.087	0.382	500.8
Campylobacter	0.087	0.591	29.8
Ruminococcaceae	0.087	0.057	23.9
Candidatus_Saccharimonas	0.087	0.019	63.8
Prevotella	0.087	0.066	42.5
Prevotella	0.087	0.443	18.4
Lachnospiraceae	0.087	0.289	96.3
Bergeyella	0.087	0.057	36.6
Treponema	0.087	0.201	7.6

^aFEV₁ percent predicted

^bASVs with corrected q-values <0.10 are bolded for emphasis