Table 4 Summary of all the bacterial species identified based on 16S rDNA sequence analysis of upper GI aspirates in the individual VLBW study subjects

Genus

Species

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11

Staphylococcus

S. epidermidis B2w2c6**

x

x

x

x

x

S. epidermidis B6w1c2**

x

x

x

x

Streptococcus

S. mitis Sm91

S. clone ET_E_3b06

S. clone 2.5

S. Closed Plaque 18

S. Open Plaque 6

Gemella

G. clone rRNA374

G. clone ncd949d02c1

Enterococcus

E. faecalis B6w1c4**

x

Ureaplasma

U. parvum clone 476

x

x

x

U. parvum serovar 3

x

x

U. urealyticum ser. 10 A

U. urealyticum ser. 10 B

Haemophilus

H. quentini

H. COAD591

H. P3D1-428

Stenotrophomonas

S. clone nbt71g10

x

x

S. B16w1c7*

Klebsiella

K. pneumoniae MGH

x

K. pneumoniae NTUH-K2044

x

K. pneumoniae B9w3c7*

Pseudomonas

P. aeruginosa CMG860

x

P. NR2

x

Escherichia

E. coli R6-5A

x

Neisseria

N. clone P1D1-542

N. R-22841

Corynebacterium

C. tuberculostearicum rRNA194

x

x

C. tuberculostearicum MB02B04

x