Clinical Study
Pulmonary Bacterial Communities in Surgically Resected Noncystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis Lungs Are Similar to Those in Cystic Fibrosis
Table 1
Sequences and OTUs for each patient.
| Patient | Source* | Number of rRNA sequences | Number of OTUs (number of Pseudomonas OTUs) | Number of genera |
| A141 | CF | 39 | 6 (1) | 5 | A89 | B | 81 | 21 (3) | 12 | 8 | CF | 54 | 17 (3)+ | 8 | 21 | CF | 38 | 11 (2)+ | 6 | 33 | CF | 81 | 14 (4)+ | 8 | 56 | B | 101 | 21 (3) | 11 | 74 | CF | 79 | 20 (3) | 13 | 88 | CF | 59 | 8 (1)+ | 4 | 127 | CF | 86 | 14 (1)+ | 8 | 131 | CF | 89 | 14 (1)+ | 11 | 141 | B | 98 | 17 (4) | 9 | 142 | CF | 87 | 10 (2)+ | 5 | 150 | B | 90 | 13 (2) | 7 | 153 | CF | 81 | 15 (3) | 7 | 155 | CF | 28 | 1 (1)+ | 1 | 167 | CF | 43 | 1 (1)+ | 1 | 179 | CF | 63 | 14 (3) | 9 | 181 | CF | 85 | 15 (3)+ | 8 | 188 | B | 86 | 15 (4) | 8 | 193 | B | 77 | 16 (2)+ | 10 | 311 | CF | 18 | 1 (1)+ | 1 | 312 | CF | 27 | 2 (0) | 2 | 360 | B | 86 | 13 (2) | 7 | 366 | B | 77 | 18 (2) | 10 | 375 | B | 84 | 15 (3)+ | 8 | 380 | CF | 91 | 15 (3) | 8 | 381 | CF | 94 | 19 (3) | 11 | 386 | CF | 70 | 16 (2) | 11 | 391 | CF | 79 | 14 (3) | 7 | 398 | CF | 76 | 13 (2) | 8 | 29960 | B | 175 | 18 (4) | 9 |
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*CF denotes cystic fibrosis patients; B denotes bronchiectasis. rRNA: ribosomal ribonucleic acid; OTU: operational taxonomic unit. +Pseudomonas is the numerically predominant taxon.
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