TABLE 2.

Percentages of samples with detectable^a amounts of each bacterial species

Lesion stage (no. of samples)	% of samples with detectable species present
	T. phagedenis	T. pedis	T. medium	F. necrophorum	Fusobacterium sp.	P. levii	B. pyogenes
M0 (40)	68	32	25	10	2	38	5
M1 (8)	100	38	62	50	50	100	62
M2 (38)	97	76	29	50	76	100	60
M3 (4)	75	100	75	50	100	75	50
M4 (20)	75	65	40	55	60	85	35
M4.1 (10)	80	40	40	50	70	100	70
Total DD (80)	89	66	39	51	70	95	55

^aDetectable by qPCR.