Table 1.
Main bacterial composition of the human microbiota in the various body areas. It is noted that the Bacteroides are present in airways, mouth and gastrointestinal tract, instead Firmicutes is present in all.
|
Prevailing Bacteria | |
|---|---|
| Body sites | Phyla |
| Skin | Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria |
| Oral | Bacteroides,Firmicutes,Fusobacteria,Proteobacteria |
| Airways | Bacteroides, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria |
| Gastrointestinal | Bacteroides, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria |
| Urogenital | Firmicutes |