Table 1.
Principal phyla and genera of airway bacteria in a general population sample.
| Phylum | Genus | Abundance* | Phylum | Genus | Abundance* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firmicutes (53.4%) | Bacteroidetes (17.7%) | ||||
| Streptococcus | 18.92% | Prevotella | 15.36% | ||
| Veillonella | 13.74% | Porphyromonas | 1.45% | ||
| Unidentified_Firmicutes | 11.79% | Capnocytophaga | 0.73% | ||
| Selenomonas | 1.71% | Tannerella | 0.09% | ||
| Gemella | 1.64% | Bergeyella | 0.08% | ||
| Granulicatella | 1.45% | Fusobacteria (8.5%) | |||
| Johnsonella | 0.70% | Fusobacterium | 4.40% | ||
| Lachnoanaerobaculum | 0.69% | Leptotrichia | 4.09% | ||
| Megasphaera | 0.66% | Proteobacteria (8.5%) | |||
| Not known | 0.46% | Neisseria | 4.59% | ||
| Stomatobaculum | 0.43% | Haemophilus | 3.48% | ||
| Oribacterium | 0.43% | Not known | 0.33% | ||
| Solobacterium | 0.23% | Campylobacter | 0.07% | ||
| Peptostreptococcus | 0.17% | Actinobacteria (7.2%) | |||
| Peptococcus | 0.16% | Actinomyces | 4.62% | ||
| Parvimonas | 0.16% | Atopobium | 2.11% | ||
| Butyrivibrio | 0.10% | Rothia | 0.36% | ||
| Catonella | 0.05% | Bifidobacterium | 0.08% | ||
| Filifactor | 0.05% | Other (0.25%) |
*Abundance based on total 43,652,299 high-quality sequence reads in 529 subjects.