HOMD ::Genus:Megasphaera

Genus: Megasphaera

Full Lineage: Bacteria; Bacillota; Negativicutes; Veillonellales; Veillonellaceae; Megasphaera Each rank name is a link to abundance plots at that rank:

Lower rank member(s): [Species:Megasphaera lornae] [Species:Megasphaera micronuciformis]

LINKS: Ecology Home | Life Page: Megasphaera

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Oral:

SUBP-- Subgingival Plaque

SUPP -- Supragingival Plaque

PERIO -- Periodontal

AKE -- Attached Keratinized Gingiva

BMU -- Buccal Mucosa

HPA -- Hard Palate

SAL -- Saliva

THR -- Throat

PTO -- Palatine Tonsils

TDO -- Tongue Dorsum

Nasal:

ANA -- Anterior Nares

Skin:

LRC -- L_Retroauricular Crease

RRC -- R_Retroauricular Crease

LAF -- L_Antecubital Fossa

RAF -- R_Antecubital Fossa

Vaginal:

VIN -- Vaginal Introitus

MVA -- Mid Vagina

PFO -- Posterior Fornix

Gut:

STO -- Stool

Prev - Prevalence
10^thp - 10^th percentile
90^thp - 90^th percentile
ND - less than 0.001%

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Eren V1-V3 www.pnas.org (data from healthy subjects)

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	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	STO
Avg (%)	0.024	0.006	0.004	0.045	0.210	0.678	0.627	0.366	0.416	0.000
10^thp	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
90^thp	0.029	0.000	0.003	0.111	0.614	1.549	1.573	1.033	1.118	0.000
Stdev	0.106	0.030	0.015	0.097	0.316	0.915	0.783	0.508	0.566	0.002
Prev(%)	14.286	7.792	10.390	44.156	75.325	85.714	83.117	74.026	80.519	1.299

Eren V3-V5 www.pnas.org (data from healthy subjects)

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	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	STO
Avg (%)	0.055	0.014	0.016	0.066	0.298	0.686	0.666	0.383	0.423	0.000
10^thp	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.011	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
90^thp	0.075	0.022	0.036	0.249	0.779	1.688	1.730	1.168	1.298	0.000
Stdev	0.294	0.083	0.071	0.128	0.508	0.794	0.886	0.595	0.608	0.003
Prev(%)	20.946	12.162	15.541	46.622	72.297	89.865	85.135	75.676	77.027	2.098

Human Microbiome Project 16S RefSeq (V1-V3) (not published) (data from healthy subjects)

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	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA	LRC	RRC	LAF	RAF	VIN	MVA	PFO	STO
Avg (%)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.326	0.730	0.778	0.437	0.494	0.009	0.005	0.005	0.092	0.046	0.830	0.743	0.444	0.000
10^thp	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
90^thp	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.930	1.760	1.997	1.107	1.336	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.070	0.000	0.012	0.000	0.000	0.000
Stdev	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.506	0.951	0.900	0.528	0.594	0.100	0.049	0.050	0.430	0.370	3.479	3.386	2.297	0.000
Prev(%)	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	79.866	83.846	86.012	84.000	88.387	4.333	5.172	3.399	16.667	5.069	12.676	8.108	6.579	0.000

Human Microbiome Project 16S RefSeq (V3-V5) (not published) (data from healthy subjects)

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	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA	LRC	RRC	LAF	RAF	VIN	MVA	PFO	STO
Avg (%)	0.034	0.000	0.000	0.087	0.490	0.799	0.812	0.504	0.531	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.708	0.553	0.866	0.000
10^thp	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
90^thp	0.038	0.000	0.000	0.258	1.408	1.971	2.226	1.414	1.308	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.013	0.000	0.000	0.000
Stdev	0.210	0.000	0.000	0.193	0.742	0.929	1.063	0.732	0.942	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	3.002	1.999	3.844	0.000
Prev(%)	21.728	0.000	0.000	43.176	78.005	88.095	84.112	81.022	84.915	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	10.920	9.290	8.377	0.000

Dewhirst (35x9) (not published)

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	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA
Avg (%)	0.016	0.019	0.015	0.034	0.103	0.216	0.405	0.271	0.170	0.002
10^thp	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.010	0.000	0.000	0.000
90^thp	0.048	0.040	0.059	0.078	0.165	0.804	0.918	0.679	0.537	0.002
Stdev	0.040	0.044	0.029	0.066	0.210	0.364	0.401	0.379	0.213	0.007
Prev(%)	35.135	44.118	58.140	74.286	75.000	86.000	93.939	83.871	82.500	10.000

Human Microbiome Project Metaphlan (not published) (data from healthy subjects)

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	SUBP	SUPP	PERIO	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA	LRC	RRC	RAF	VIN	MVA	PFO	STO
Avg (%)	0.026	0.005	0.158	0.002	0.051	0.020	0.995	0.769	0.618	0.763	0.006	0.015	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.622	0.018
10^thp	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.020	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
90^thp	0.021	0.000	0.331	0.004	0.150	0.020	2.740	2.315	1.698	1.940	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Stdev	0.098	0.021	0.434	0.005	0.157	0.000	1.323	1.279	0.918	0.973	0.054	0.073	0.005	0.000	0.000	0.000	3.296	0.176
Prev(%)	12.500	8.838	33.333	11.765	27.394	100.000	62.500	62.500	64.000	89.437	2.703	4.167	3.125	0.000	0.000	0.000	7.576	8.364

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