Table 2 Top 10 microbes in the relative abundance of tonsillar bacterial taxa.
Order | Phylum | Genus | Category 1 | Category 2 | Gram staining | Aerobic/anaerobic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lean (%) | Obesity (%) | Grade 2 (%) | Grade 3 (%) | Grade 4 (%) | |||||
1 | Proteobacteria | Haemophilus | 30.59 | 21.54 | 36.06 | 23.41 | 24.38 | − | Facultative anaerobe |
2 | Firmicutes | Streptococcus | 13.14 | 11.82 | 18.09 | 10.01 | 11.46 | + | Facultative anaerobe |
3 | Fusobacteria | Fusobacterium | 9.99 | 8.94 | 7.80 | 10.78 | 9.56 | − | Obligate anaerobe |
4 | Bacteroidetes | Prevotella | 7.05 | 7.45 | 4.93 | 9.14 | 6.74 | − | Obligate anaerobe |
5 | Firmicutes | Staphylococcus | 4.60 | 2.75 | 4.30 | 4.03 | 3.39 | + | Facultative anaerobe |
6 | Firmicutes | Veillonella | 3.49 | 3.19 | 3.23 | 3.85 | 2.94 | − | Obligate anaerobe |
7 | Fusobacteria | Leptotrichia | 1.15 | 3.15 | 0.99 | 2.89 | 1.57 | − | Obligate anaerobe |
8 | Bacteroidetes | Alloprevotella | 2.03 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 2.74 | 0.66 | − | Obligate anaerobe |
9 | Firmicutes | Gemella | 1.54 | 2.84 | 1.55 | 2.87 | 1.51 | + | Facultative anaerobe |
10 | Spirochaetes | Treponema | 1.50 | 2.16 | 0.09 | 2.63 | 2.03 | − | Obligate anaerobe |
