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Table 1 Top 20 phyla, families, and genera in air samples (N = 69) and surface samples (N = 177). Dots indicate that a group is also represented in the top 20 set from the other sample matrix. Prevalence is the sum of prevalence of all ASVs within a taxonomic group

From: The subway microbiome: seasonal dynamics and direct comparison of air and surface bacterial communities

Air samples

Surface samples

Phylum

 

Prevalence

Abundance (%)

Phylum

 

Prevalence

Abundance (%)

Actinobacteria

32638

42.92

Actinobacteria

59693

31.32

Proteobacteria

27216

23.88

Proteobacteria

61648

27.47

Firmicutes

12494

11.97

Firmicutes

28790

16.65

Bacteroidetes

13390

8.10

Bacteroidetes

34972

10.99

Cyanobacteria

3988

6.29

Cyanobacteria

10775

7.88

Chloroflexi

2731

1.53

Deinococcus-Thermus

3184

1.37

Acidobacteria

2451

1.10

Acidobacteria

4904

1.05

Deinococcus-Thermus

1445

1.06

Chloroflexi

3591

0.67

Planctomycetes

1976

0.68

Fusobacteria

1557

0.59

Euryarchaeota

294

0.66

Planctomycetes

3321

0.51

Gemmatimonadetes

1335

0.53

Verrucomicrobia

2281

0.37

Patescibacteria

998

0.34

Patescibacteria

2086

0.33

Verrucomicrobia

910

0.33

Gemmatimonadetes

1667

0.26

FBP

410

0.17

FBP

958

0.18

Armatimonadetes

381

0.15

Armatimonadetes

773

0.12

Fusobacteria

250

0.10

Euryarchaeota

162

0.11

Chlamydiae

185

0.06

Epsilonbacteraeota

155

0.03

Epsilonbacteraeota

65

0.03

Chlamydiae

172

0.02

Nitrospirae

56

0.02

Spirochaetes

111

0.02

Spirochaetes

28

0.01

Nitrospirae

69

0.01

Family

 

Prevalence

Abundance (%)

Family

 

Prevalence

Abundance (%)

Unassigned

19657

15.01

Unassigned

42005

14.23

Micrococcaceae

3092

10.49

Micrococcaceae

5787

7.21

Sphingomonadaceae

3354

4.78

Sphingomonadaceae

8367

5.84

Staphylococcaceae

1965

4.26

Staphylococcaceae

4280

5.00

Burkholderiaceae

5034

4.06

Streptococcaceae

3810

4.53

Rubrobacteriaceae

 

1143

3.52

Burkholderiaceae

10578

4.42

Hymenobacteraceae

4187

3.35

Hymebacteraceae

9178

3.84

Nocardioidaceae

2899

3.24

Moraxellaceae

3982

3.35

Moraxellaceae

1689

2.96

Corynebacteriaceae

4365

3.34

Acetobacteraceae

2555

2.60

Acetobacteraceae

5957

2.64

Corynebacteriaceae

1578

2.49

Cardioidaceae

4933

2.29

Intrasporangiaceae

1498

2.30

Propionibacteriaceae

2947

2.20

Pseudonocardiaceae

 

1755

2.14

Beijerinckiaceae

3413

2.06

Beijerinckiaceae

1558

2.07

Microbacteriaceae

3654

1.93

Geodermatophilaceae

969

2.06

Flavobacteriaceae

4970

1.89

Microbacteriaceae

1604

1.80

Intrasporangiaceae

2498

1.52

Propionibacteriaceae

1224

1.71

Geodermatophilaceae

1747

1.46

Streptococcaceae

955

1.43

Rhodobacteraceae

3227

1.28

Rhodobacteraceae

1543

1.27

Lactobacillaceae

 

1474

1.16

Flavobacteriaceae

1476

1.13

Deinococcaceae

 

2604

1.15

Genus

 

Prevalence

Abundance (%)

Genus

 

Prevalence

Abundance (%)

Unassigned

38724

26.51

Unassigned

82052

24.72

Micrococcus

377

3.97

Staphylococcus

3208

4.57

Staphylococcus

1445

3.83

Sphingomonas

3184

4.23

Rubrobacter

 

1143

3.52

Streptococcus

2430

3.96

Sphingomonas

1260

3.37

Hymenobacter

8696

3.75

Hymenobacter

3850

3.19

Corynebacterium

3278

2.70

Arthrobacter

999

2.99

Arthrobacter

1904

2.07

Corynebacterium

1248

2.13

Kocuria

915

1.99

Nocardioides

1867

2.06

Micrococcus

594

1.82

Psychrobacter

453

1.49

Psychrobacter

1106

1.65

Blastococcus

 

494

1.38

Flavobacterium

3355

1.54

Kocuria

383

1.26

Nocardioides

2985

1.43

Streptococcus

658

1.22

Cutibacterium

 

523

1.23

Pseudonocardia

 

753

1.10

Lactobacillus

1459

1.16

Nesterenkonia

 

378

0.92

Deinococcus

2528

1.14

Flavobacterium

907

0.92

Massilia

 

1738

1.01

Methylobacterium

 

315

0.84

Pseudomonas

 

1545

0.92

Deinococcus

1025

0.80

Acinetobacter

 

1596

0.84

Lactobacillus

629

0.80

1174-901-12

 

1076

0.83

Acidiphilium

593

0.80

Acidiphilium

1432

0.78