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Table 2 Relative abundance (%) of the most abundant genera identified in nostrils and trachea by shotgun and 16S rRNA sequencing

From: Bacterial topography of the upper and lower respiratory tract in pigs

Genus

Anterior nares

Trachea

Shotgun

16S

Shotgun

16S

Glaesserella

10.63

4.98

36.47

26.28

Clostridium

0.83

1.76

30.03

25.31

Acinetobacter

18.01

6.23

0.04

0

Klebsiella

4.40

2.24

7.69

0.69

Peptostreptococcus

0.72

1.16

9.81

6.61

Rothia

10.33

8.03

0

0

Mycoplasma

4.73

4.19

4.58

1.22

Streptococcus

7.85

14.93

1.24

15.68

Empedobacter

8.78

6.84

0.02

0

Lactobacillus

1.21

1.97

5.20

5.85

Weissella

6.05

8.15

0.08

0.11

Bergeyella

5.15

3.76

0.86

0.54

Mannheimia

5.40

4.96

0.48

0.14

Moraxella

5.71

3.04

0.01

0

Pasteurella

2.56

1.23

1.96

0.49

Staphylococcus

2.43

5.21

0.08

0.12

Lactococcus

1.25

2.02

1.04

0.38