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. 2004 Oct;70(10):6113–6122. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6113-6122.2004

TABLE 3.

Comparison of clostridia, fusobacteria, and propionibacteria for different age groupsa

Organism HY
HE
AE
No. of isolates Mean Range No. of isolates Mean Range No. of isolates Mean Range
C. sardiniensis NF NF 1 1.0 ± 1.0 NA NF
C. malenominatum 2 1.1 ± 0.7 5.6-7.4 1 1.3 ± 1.3 NA 2 1.6 ± 1.1 7.3-8.6
C. inocuum 2 1.1 ± 0.7 5.3-7.4 2 2.5 ± 1.6 7.3-7.7 NF NF
C. cocleatum NF NF 2 2.8 ± 1.8 8.0-8.9 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
C. bifermentans 2 1.5 ± 1.0 7.5-10.0 1 1.6 ± 1.6 NA 4 3.3 ± 1.4 7.4-9.0
C. borati 1 0.5 ± 0.5 NA NF NF NF NF
C. sordellii 2 1.3 ± 0.8 7.0-8.0 NF NF 2 1.5 ± 1.0 6.6-8.8
C. ramosum 2 1.0 ± 0.7 5.1-7.0 NF NF 1 0.9 ± 0.9 NA
C. inoculum 1 0.5 ± 0.5 NA NF NF NF NF
C. perfringens 2 1.2 ± 0.8 7.1-7.3 NF NF 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA
C. sporogenes 1 0.6 ± 0.6 NA NF NF 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
C. sphenoides 1 0.5 ± 0.5 NA NF NF NF NF
C. clostridiiforme 1 0.6 ± 0.6 NA NF NF 3 2.2 ± 1.1 6.0-8.3
C. butyricum NF NF NF NF 1 0.5 ± 0.5 NA
C. sporosphaerides NF NF NF NF 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA
C. difficile NF NF NF NF 1 0.6 ± 0.6 NA
C. novyi type A NF NF NF NF 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
C. tertium NF NF NF NF 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
C. indolis NF NF NF NF 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA
Total clostridia 17 5.6 ± 1.0 5.3-10.0 (9) 7 5.3 ± 1.7 6.0-9.6 (4) 21 7.6 ± 0.9 7.7-9.5 (9)
Fusobacterium prausnitziib NF NF 1 1.2 ± 1.2 NA 1 0.9 ± 0.9 NA
Fusobacterium alocis NF NF 1 1.4 ± 1.4 NA 1 0.9 ± 0.9 NA
Fusobacterium russii NF NF NF 2 1.6 ± 1.1 7.3-9.0
Total fusobacteria NF NF 2 2.6 ± 1.6 (2) 7.2-8.3 4 1.7 ± 1.1 7.3-9.0 (2)
Propionibacterium acnes 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA 1 1.0 ± 1.0 NA 4 3.7 ± 1.5 8.0-10.4
Propionibacterium jensenii NF NF 1 1.3 ± 1.3 NA NF NF
Total propionibacteria 1 0.7 ± 0.7 (1) NA 2 1.3 ± 1.3 (1) NA 4 3.7 ± 1.5 8.0 ± 10.4 (4)
a

See footnotes to Table 1.

b

Fusobacterium prausnitzii has been reclassified as Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (9).

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