HOMD ::Genus:Megasphaera

Genus: Megasphaera

Full Lineage: Bacteria; Bacillota; Negativicutes; Veillonellales; Veillonellaceae; Megasphaera
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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Available Datasets:
HMP Mapping Eren V1-V3 Eren V3-V5 HMP V1-V3 HMP V3-V5 HMP Metaphlan Dewhirst 35x9

No Available Datasets for Genus: Megasphaera

Human Microbiome Project Mapping (Data from healthy subjects. - not published)

No Notes

	SUBP	SUPP	PERIO	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA	LRC	RRC	RAF	VIN	MVA	PFO	STO
Avg (%)	0.03	0.01	0.15	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.80	1.36	0.50	0.65	0.03	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	1.02	0.01
n	24	395	24	15	323	1	8	7	22	423	65	23	30	1	4	8	94	375
10^thp	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
90^thp	0.03	0.01	0.34	0.02	0.11	0.02	2.20	2.68	1.18	1.67	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.03	3.17	0.01
Stdev	0.09	0.02	0.37	0.01	0.09	0	0.97	1.32	0.66	0.82	0.08	0.01	0.01	0	0.02	0.02	4.09	0.05
Prev(%)	12.50	6.58	29.17	6.67	7.43	100.00	50.00	85.71	54.55	84.40	3.08	0	0	0	0	0	14.89	0.80

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

No Notes

	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	STO
Avg (%)	0.02	0.01	0	0.04	0.21	0.68	0.63	0.37	0.42	0
n	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
10^thp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90^thp	0.03	0	0	0.11	0.61	1.55	1.57	1.03	1.12	0
Stdev	0.11	0.03	0.01	0.10	0.32	0.92	0.78	0.51	0.57	0
Prev(%)	14.29	7.79	10.39	44.16	75.33	85.71	83.12	74.03	80.52	1.30

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

No Notes

	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	STO
Avg (%)	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.07	0.30	0.69	0.67	0.38	0.42	0
n	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
10^thp	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0
90^thp	0.07	0.02	0.04	0.25	0.78	1.69	1.73	1.17	1.30	0
Stdev	0.29	0.08	0.07	0.13	0.51	0.79	0.89	0.59	0.61	0
Prev(%)	20.95	12.16	15.54	46.62	72.30	89.86	85.14	75.68	77.03	2.10

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

No Notes

	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA	LRC	RRC	LAF	RAF	VIN	MVA	PFO	STO
Avg (%)	0	0	0	0	0.33	0.73	0.78	0.44	0.49	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.09	0.05	0.83	0.74	0.44	0
n	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
10^thp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90^thp	0	0	0	0	0.93	1.76	2.00	1.11	1.34	0	0	0	0.07	0	0.01	0	0	0
Stdev	0	0	0	0	0.51	0.95	0.90	0.53	0.59	0.10	0.05	0.05	0.43	0.37	3.48	3.39	2.30	0
Prev(%)	0	0	0	0	79.87	83.85	86.01	84.00	88.39	4.33	5.17	3.40	16.67	5.07	12.68	8.11	6.58	0

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

No Notes

	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA	LRC	RRC	LAF	RAF	VIN	MVA	PFO	STO
Avg (%)	0.03	0	0	0.09	0.49	0.80	0.81	0.50	0.53	0	0	0	0	0	0.71	0.55	0.87	0
n	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
10^thp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90^thp	0.04	0	0	0.26	1.41	1.97	2.23	1.41	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0
Stdev	0.21	0	0	0.19	0.74	0.93	1.06	0.73	0.94	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	2.00	3.84	0
Prev(%)	21.73	0	0	43.18	78.00	88.09	84.11	81.02	84.92	0	0	0	0	0	10.92	9.29	8.38	0

Dewhirst 35x9 (35 Taxa by 9 Oral Sites. - not published)

No Notes

	SUBP	SUPP	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA
Avg (%)	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.10	0.22	0.41	0.27	0.17	0
n	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
10^thp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0
90^thp	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.17	0.80	0.92	0.68	0.54	0
Stdev	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.07	0.21	0.36	0.40	0.38	0.21	0.01
Prev(%)	35.13	44.12	58.14	74.29	75.00	86.00	93.94	83.87	82.50	10.00

Human Microbiome Project Metaphlan (Data from healthy subjects. - not published)

No Notes

	SUBP	SUPP	PERIO	AKE	BMU	HPA	SAL	THR	PTO	TDO	ANA	LRC	RRC	RAF	VIN	MVA	PFO	STO
Avg (%)	0.03	0.01	0.16	0	0.05	0.02	0.99	0.77	0.62	0.76	0.01	0.01	0	0	0	0	0.62	0.02
n	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN	NaN
10^thp	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
90^thp	0.02	0	0.33	0	0.15	0.02	2.74	2.31	1.70	1.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stdev	0.10	0.02	0.43	0.01	0.16	0	1.32	1.28	0.92	0.97	0.05	0.07	0.01	0	0	0	3.30	0.18
Prev(%)	12.50	8.84	33.33	11.77	27.39	100.00	62.50	62.50	64.00	89.44	2.70	4.17	3.13	0	0	0	7.58	8.36

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