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Table 1 Bacterial OTUs found to be > 5% abundant in extraction kit reagent controls

From: Comparing microbiotas in the upper aerodigestive and lower respiratory tracts of lambs

Date of DNA extraction

OTUs

Abundance (%)

17 July 2014

Aerococcus

14

Dermabacteraceae

12

Micrococcus

10

Enhydrobacter

9

Leuconostoc

6

Kocuria

6

Actinomyces

6

25 March 2015

Methylobacterium komagatae

65

Ruminococcaceae

11

Methylobacterium

6

26 March 2015

Methylobacterium komagatae

67

Methylobacterium

6