Table 2 Top 10 potential disease-causing bacteria identified in the facial skin and gut
From: Protective role of the vulture facial skin and gut microbiomes aid adaptation to scavenging
Pathogen | Disease | xÌ… facial skin | Rank facial skin | xÌ… gut | Rank gut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a | Bacteraemia, bronchitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infection | 75,292 | 1 | 18,298 | 7 |
Clostridium perfringens ATCC 13124 | Gas gangrene | 61,879 | 2 | 166,694.6 | 1 |
Plesiomonas shigelloides 302-73 | Gastroenteritis | 48,642 | 3 | 134,119 | 2 |
Clostridium perfringens str. 13 | Gas gangrene | 41,308 | 4 | 125,717.5 | 3 |
Pseudomonas fluorescens A506 | Commensal (plant) | 31,324.9 | 5 | 271.2 | 49 |
Clostridium perfringens SM101 | Gas gangrene | 30,361.2 | 6 | 109,973.2 | 4 |
Acinetobacter lwoffii SH145 | Nosocomial infections | 19,950.2 | 7 | 3.2 | 149 |
Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida A449 | Furunculosis | 14,347.4 | 8 | 45.4 | 92 |
Acidovorax avenae subsp. avenae ATCC 19860 | Bacterial leaf blight, brown stripe, red stripe | 13,111.2 | 9 | 998.7 | 30 |
Propionibacterium propionicum F0230a | Commensal | 11,896.8 | 10 | 73.64 | 80 |
Campylobacter lari RM2100 | Gastroenteritis, diarrhoea | 4791 | 26 | 53,435 | 5 |
Campylobacter jejuni subsp. doylei 269.97 | Bacteraemia | 477.2 | 108 | 24,733.9 | 6 |
Campylobacter jejuni RM1221 | Food poisoning | 327.4 | 120 | 13,136.9 | 9 |
Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. nucleatum ATCC 25586 | Periodontitis | 2166 | 57 | 13,456.6 | 8 |
Clostridium perfringens E str. JGS1987 | Gastroenteritis, gas gangrene | 3398.2 | 39 | 12,724.7 | 10 |