Table 2 Results obtained for venous leg ulcer sample using pyrosequencing (PRAPS). This table provides the identified genera of the bacteria found using pyrosequencing (PRAPS) in the V sample, the number of sequences corresponding to a given genus, the known gram staining properties, the aerotolerance (anaerobic, anaerobic, or facultative anaerobic) nature of the genus, and the relative shape (rod or cocci) of the genus.
Genus | Seq | % | Gram | Aerotolerance | Shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enterobacter spp. | 14288 | 44.83 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Serratia spp. * | 6132 | 19.24 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Stenotrophomonas spp. | 3532 | 11.08 | - | Aerobe | Rod |
Proteus spp. | 2469 | 7.75 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
UWB | 1446 | 4.54 | unk | Unk | Unk |
Proteus mirabilis. | 1080 | 3.39 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Salmonella spp. | 739 | 2.32 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Clostridium spp. | 408 | 1.28 | + | Anaerobe | Rod |
Alcaligenes faecalis | 337 | 1.06 | - | Aerobe | Rod |
UWB | 261 | 0.82 | unk | Unk | Unk |
Pseudomonas spp.* | 185 | 0.58 | - | Aerobe | Rod |
Staphylococcus spp.* | 143 | 0.45 | + | Facultative anaerobe | Cocci |
Brevundimonas diminuta | 123 | 0.39 | - | Aerobe | Rod |
Streptococcus spp. | 107 | 0.34 | + | Facultative anaerobe | Cocci |
Acinetobacter spp. | 102 | 0.32 | - | Aerobe | Rod |
Enterococcus spp. | 94 | 0.29 | + | Facultative anaerobe | Cocci |
Pantoea spp. | 81 | 0.25 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Corynebacterium striatum* | 81 | 0.25 | + | Aerobe | Rod |
Peptoniphilus spp. | 65 | 0.20 | + | Anaerobe | Cocci |
E. coli | 31 | 0.10 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Bacillus spp. | 25 | 0.08 | + | Aerobe | Rod |
Paenibacillus spp. | 24 | 0.08 | + | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Eubacterium spp. | 24 | 0.08 | + | Anaerobe | Rod |
Klebsiella spp. | 21 | 0.07 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Xanthomonas spp. | 17 | 0.05 | - | Aerobe | Rod |
UWB | 17 | 0.05 | unk | Unk | Unk |
Ferrimonas spp. | 17 | 0.05 | - | Facultative anaerobe | Rod |
Finegoldia magna | 13 | 0.04 | + | Anaerobe | Cocci |
Dendrosporobacter quercicolus | 13 | 0.04 | - | Anaerobe | Rod |