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Table 2 Bacterial genera identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of isolates from 10 prosthetic hip joints

From: Identification of bacteria on the surface of clinically infected and non-infected prosthetic hip joints removed during revision arthroplasties by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and by microbiological culture

Genus

Number of isolates (percentage)

Leifsonia

25 (54.3)

Staphylococcus

10 (21.7)

Proteus

4 (8.7)

Brevundimonas

3 (6.5)

Salibacillus

2 (4.3)

Methylobacterium

1 (2.2)

Zimmermannella

1 (2.2)

  1. The total number of samples was 46.