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.

PatientSource*Number of rRNA sequencesNumber of OTUs (number of Pseudomonas OTUs)Number of genera

A141CF396 (1)5
A89B8121 (3)12
8CF5417 (3)+8
21CF3811 (2)+6
33CF8114 (4)+8
56B10121 (3)11
74CF7920 (3)13
88CF598 (1)+4
127CF8614 (1)+8
131CF8914 (1)+11
141B9817 (4)9
142CF8710 (2)+5
150B9013 (2)7
153CF8115 (3)7
155CF281 (1)+1
167CF431 (1)+1
179CF6314 (3)9
181CF8515 (3)+8
188B8615 (4)8
193B7716 (2)+10
311CF181 (1)+1
312CF272 (0)2
360B8613 (2)7
366B7718 (2)10
375B8415 (3)+8
380CF9115 (3)8
381CF9419 (3)11
386CF7016 (2)11
391CF7914 (3)7
398CF7613 (2)8
29960B17518 (4)9

*CF denotes cystic fibrosis patients; B denotes bronchiectasis.
rRNA: ribosomal ribonucleic acid; OTU: operational taxonomic unit.
+Pseudomonas is the numerically predominant taxon.