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Table 2 Distribution of bacterial families between P1 and P2 samples and blanks

From: Elimination of “kitome” and “splashome” contamination results in lack of detection of a unique placental microbiome

Familya

Placenta 1 (n = 30)

Ave

P1

Placenta 2 (n = 30)

Ave

P2

Blank (n = 46)

Ave Blank

Enterobacteriaceae

267

8.9

231

7.7

2023

44.0

Lactobacillaceae

800

26.7

173

5.8

819

17.8

Sphingomonadaceae

18

0.6

23

0.8

22

0.5

Xanthomonadaceae

85

2.8

27

0.9

165

3.6

Burkholderiaceae

31

1.0

4

0.1

58

1.3

Lachnospiraceae

100

3.3

101

3.4

151

3.3

Clostridiales Incert. Sed.XI

145

4.8

11

0.4

126

2.7

Peptoniphilaceae

131

4.4

16

0.5

106

2.3

Pseudomonadaceae

9

0.3

17

0.6

23

0.5

Porphyromonadaceae

76

2.5

52

1.7

94

2.0

Desulfuromonadales unclass.

29

1.0

16

0.5

48

1.0

Ruminococcaceae

82

2.7

30

1.0

21

0.5

Prevotellaceae

79

2.6

7

0.2

84

1.8

Micrococcaceae

5

0.2

23

0.8

67

1.5

Alcaligenaceae

30

1.0

10

0.3

40

0.9

Clostridialesunclass.

61

2.0

7

0.2

60

1.3

Bacteroidaceae

43

1.4

29

1.0

32

0.7

Moraxellaceae

10

0.3

7

0.2

16

0.3

Bacteroidalesunclass.

43

1.4

19

0.6

21

0.5

Veillonellaceae

25

0.8

4

0.1

36

0.8

  1. a Families commonly found in VR samples are highlighted in Bold. These were defined as members of the top 25 families found in VR samples (calculated by total reads, see Fig. 4) which were found in 90% of the VR samples examined