Exploration of bacterial community classes in major human habitats

Table 2 Association of demographic factors with community classes

	Gender		Age		Race		Sites		Vaginal PH
Habitats	Community classes for comparison^a	P ^b	Community classes for comparison^a	P ^b	Community classes for comparison^a	P ^b	Community classes for comparison^a	P ^b	Community classes for comparison^a	P ^b
Anterior nares	Propionibacterium Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, Moraxella	0.05
Antecubital fossa	Staphylococcus, Propionibacerium	0.005
Retroauricular crease	Staphylococcus, Propionibacterium, Corynebacterium	0.0004	Propionibacterium non-Propionibacterium	0.003
Hard palate			Veillonella, Streptococcus	0.02
Buccal mucosa							Haemophilus Streptococcus	0.00005
Subgingval plaque							Two clusters	8.0 × 10^-10
Supragingival plaque					Two clusters	0.03	Two clusters	3.8 × 10^-7
Throat					Two clusters	0.04	Two clusters	6.2 × 10^-6
Palatine tonsils					Two clusters	0.03	Two clusters	9.5 × 10^-7
Saliva					Two clusters	0.03	Two clusters	0.00005
Vagina					Lactobacillus, anaerobic class	0.04			Lactobacillus, anaerobic class	0.01

^aCommunity classes used in the demographic association analysis.
^bP-values after Bonferroni correction.
Empty fields indicate there is no significant difference between the community classes for a give demographic factor.

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