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. 2022 Jun 8;15(4):335–345. doi: 10.21053/ceo.2021.01928

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4.

Composition of microbial species in the nasal mucus of healthy participants and patients with allergic rhinitis (AR). (A) Microbial phyla from middle turbinate mucus of healthy participants (n=15) and patients with AR (n=17) were identified via 16S rRNA gene sequencing. (B) Microbial species from nasal mucus of healthy participants and patients with AR. The distribution of the 126 identified bacterial species is presented in the graph, and the bar graph presents the relative species abundance of the nasal commensal organisms of 17 patients with AR. (C) The distribution of microbial species in the nasal mucus of AR. The bar graph presents the relative species-level abundance of nasal commensal organisms of 17 patients with AR, and the distribution of Staphylococcus epidermidis and S. aureus in each patient is described (red circle: house dust mite [HDM]-positive AR patients). (D) The proportion of Staphylococcus aureus in the nasal mucus from the middle turbinate of each AR patient (n=17) was compared depending on the positive response to HDM (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus/Dermatophagoides farina).