Table 4 Number of healthy Soldiers colonized with anaerobic bacteria according to PCR/ESI-TOF-MS
Organism | Subjectsa | Organisms by anatomic site | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Oropharynx | Nares | Groin |
Total gram-negative organisms (27) | Â | 23 | 3 | 1 |
 Bacteroides capillosus | 7 (8) | 7 | 1 | 0 |
 Bacteroides fragilis | 3 (4) | 3 | 0 | 1 |
 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
 Fusobacterium necrophorum | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Fusobacterium nucleatum | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
 Treponema denticola | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Total gram-positive organisms (96) | Â | 6 | 57 | 33 |
 Propionibacterium acnes | 59 (70) | 2 | 49 | 19 |
 Propionibacterium granulosum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bifidobacterium inopinatum | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
 Bifidobacterium longum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Bifidobacterium subtile | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
 Bifidobacterium thermophilum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Clostridium beijerinckii | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
 Clostridium novyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |