Table 5 Bacterial species identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of clones from 10 prosthetic hip joints
Species | Number of clones analysed (percentage) | Number of clones sequenced (percentage) |
|---|---|---|
Lysobacter enzymogenes | 161 (31.4) | 27 (22.9) |
Lysobacter sp. C3 | 145 (28.3) | 24 (20.3) |
Gamma proteobacterium N4-7 | 34 (6.6) | 7 (5.9) |
Methylobacterium SM4 | 24 (4.7) | 5 (4.2) |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | 24 (4.7) | 5 (4.2) |
Uncultured bacterium clone mw5 | 19 (3.7) | 6 (5.1) |
Proteus mirabilis | 18 (3.5) | 5 (4.2) |
Stenotrophomonas sp. SAFR-173 | 18 (3.5) | 7 (5.9) |
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 16 (3.1) | 2 (1.7) |
Bradyrhizobium sp. BC-C1 | 8 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured gamma proteobacterium clone B22B17 | 7 (1.4) | 1 (0.8) |
Bacteroides fragilis | 6 (1.2) | 3 (2.5) |
Lysobacter sp. IB-9374 | 6 (1.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Hydrothermal vent eubacterium | 6 (1.2) | 6 (5.1) |
Iron-oxidising lithotroph ES-1 | 5 (1.0) | 5 (4.2) |
Uncultured Methylobacteriaceae clone M3Ba28 | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured Methylobacteriaceae clone 10-3Ba12 | 2 (0.4) | 1 (0.8) |
Bradyrhizobium japonicum | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Bradyrhizobium sp. CCBAU | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured rape rhizosphere bacterium wr0008 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Acidobacterium sp. TAA166 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Endophytic bacterium | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Xylella fastidiosa | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured Eubacterium clone GL178.11 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured bacterium Br-z43 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured bacterium clone BA017 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured bacterium clone LG25 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |
Uncultured bacterium clone I-9 | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.8) |