Research Article

Planktonic Growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa around a Dual-Species Biofilm Supports the Growth of Fusobacterium nucleatum within That Biofilm

Table 2

Relative abundance of genera discovered by pyrosequencing within the ear samples.

Patient sample
Right ear fluidRight ear TTLeft ear fluidLeft ear TT

Pseudomonas 61.83.366.711.4
Fusobacterium20.385.60.10.08
Peptostreptococcus10.23.327.542.1
Leptotrichia2.91.70.020
Catonella1.51.40.040
Parvimonas0.90.42.85.7
Sneathia0.60.0200
Streptococcus 0.60.12.129.8
Prevotella0.51.100
Campylobacter0.41.500.01
Porphyromonas0.20.500
Eubacterium0.10.900.07
Selenomonas00.0400
Eikenella000.710.9
Clostridium000.20
Simonsiella000.040

anaerobic genera are indicated in bold. Values indicate percentages of total isolates per sample.