Table 1 Summary of ‘most wanted’ OTUs and correspondence with MGS stratified by body site and importance^a

Priority level as defined by Fodor et al. (2012)	Dominant human body habitat	Number of ‘most wanted’ OTUs	‘Most wanted’ OTUs with a corresponding MGS
High priority	Total	119	24 (20.17%)
	Stool	45	23 (51.11%)
	Oral	64	1 (0.02%)
	Other	10	0
Medium priority	Total	338	49 (14.5%)
	Stool	127	42 (33.07%)
	Oral	176	5 (2.84%)
	Other	35	2 (5.71%)
Low priority	Total	1011	128 (12.66%)
	Stool	313	96 (30.67%)
	Oral	445	24 (5.39%)
	Other	253	8 (3.16%)

Abbreviations: HMP, Human Microbiome Project; MGS, metagenomic species; OTU, Operational Taxonomic Unit.
Importance is defined by Fodor et al. (2012). ‘High priority’: <90% identity to either the GOLD-Human or HMP strains database. ‘Medium priority’: HMP OTUs with >90% identity and <98% identity to GOLD-Human or HMP strains database were assigned to a ‘Medium priority’ group. ‘Low priority’: HMP OTUs with >98% identity to either the GOLD-Human or HMP strains database.

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