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Table 3 Distribution of bacterial families in resequenced placental samples and blank controls

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

Family

Placenta (n = 114)

Ave Placenta

Blanks (n = 67)

Ave Blanks

Sphingomonadaceae

271

2.4

255

3.8

Acetobacteraceae

262

2.3

252

3.8

Burkholderiales unclass.

348

3.1

93

1.4

Burkholderiaceae

123

1.1

164

2.4

Xanthomonadaceae

120

1.1

165

2.5

Pseudomonadaceae

153

1.3

41

0.6

Sphingobacteriaceae

85

0.7

63

0.9

Oxalobacteraceae

106

0.9

33

0.5

Microbacteriaceae

69

0.6

60

0.9

Desulfuromonadales unclass.

83

0.7

40

0.6

Staphylococcaceae

74

0.6

28

0.4

Alcaligenaceae

43

0.4

33

0.5

Moraxellaceae

43

0.4

28

0.4

Micrococcaceae

25

0.2

44

0.7

Ruminococcaceae

58

0.5

0

0.0

Lactobacillaceae

4

0.0

50

0.7

Actinomycetales unclass.

6

0.1

43

0.6

Shewanellaceae

21

0.2

17

0.3

Rhizobiaceae

36

0.3

0

0.0

Bacillales unclass.

25

0.2

10

0.1