Unveiling the etiology of peritonsillar abscess using next generation sequencing

Table 2 Incidence of the predominant bacteria* in pus and tonsil tissue of PTA patients

Phylum	Incidence (%) in		Genus	Incidence (%) in		Species	Incidence (%) in
Phylum	Pus	Tonsil	Genus	Pus	Tonsil	Species	Pus	Tonsil
Actinobacteriota	99	100
Bacteroidota	100	100	Prevotella	98	100	Prevotella oris	91	87
			Porphyromonas	95	90	Porphyromonas endodontalis	76	70
			Alloprevotella	95	92
			Chryseobacterium	38	97	Chryseobacterium hominis	16	97
Cyanobacteria	47	59
Firmicutes	100	100	Streptococcus	100	99	Streptococcus pyogenes	70	66
						Streptococcus mitis	74	82
						Streptococcus anginosus	89	72
			Veillonella	91	95
			Parvimonas	90	86	Parvimonas micra	90	84
			Peptostreptococcus	77	73	Peptostreptococcus stomatis	77	72
Fusobacteriota	99	100	Fusobacterium	98	100	Fusobacterium necrophorum	75	82
Fusobacteriota	99	100	Fusobacterium	98	100	Fusobacterium nucleatum	86	89
Proteobacteria	100	100	Haemophilus	95	88	Haemophilus parainfluenzae	89	90
			Sphingomonas	32	97	Sphingomonas faeni	5	97
			Allorhizobium #	36	99
Patescibacteria	78	67
Spirochaedota	78	77	Treponema	78	77
Synergistota	48	51

* Table displays the incidence of the bacteria whose mean relative abundance is given on Fig. 3
# Allorhizobium-Neorhizobium-Pararhizobium-Rhizobium group

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