TABLE 1.

Distribution of the Bacteroides species isolates from 1995 and 1996

Species	No. of isolates	% of total
B. fragilis	513	53.4
B. thetaiotaomicron	137	14.3
B. ovatus	114	11.9
B. distasonis	88	9.2
B. vulgatus	59	6.1
B. uniformis	29	3.0
B. caccae	18	1.9
B. stercoris	3	0.3
Total isolates	961	100.1