Bacteria detected by culture and molecular analysis (terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism, T-RFLP) in sputum samples (n=64) collected from adult patients with cystic fibrosis
| Number of samples in which genera detected by: | ||
| Genera | Culture | T-RFLP* |
| Achromobacter | 1 | 3 |
| Actinomyces | 23 | 3 |
| Atopobium | 6 | 1 |
| Bacillus† | 2 | ND |
| Burkholderia | 17 | 16 |
| Corynebacterium | 1 | 1 |
| Devosia | 0 | 2 |
| Finegoldia† | 1 | ND |
| Fusobacterium | 1 | 4 |
| Gemella | 2 | 30 |
| Granulicatella | 0 | 45 |
| Haemophilus | 0 | 6 |
| Lactobacillus† | 8 | ND |
| Micrococcus† | 6 | ND |
| Neisseria | 0 | 1 |
| Pasteuriaceae incerta | 0 | 5 |
| Pediococcus† | 2 | ND |
| Planomicrobium | 0 | 2 |
| Porphyromonas | 0 | 6 |
| Prevotella | 18 | 7 |
| Propionibacterium | 3 | 1 |
| Pseudomonas | 40 | 38 |
| Ralstonia | 0 | 3 |
| Rothia | 5 | 2 |
| Staphylococcus | 20 | 1 |
| Stenotrophomonas† | 1 | ND |
| Streptococcus | 19 | 47 |
| Variovorax† | 2 | ND |
| Veillonella | 33 | 27 |
| Total | 211 | 251 |