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Table 1 Bacterial species isolated from the milk samples (the data represent the number of isolates that were identified to a particular species within each sample)

From: PCR-DGGE assessment of the bacterial diversity of breast milk in women with lactational infectious mastitis

Species

Sample

 

M 1

M 2

M 3

M 4

M 5

M 6

M 7

M 8

M 9

M 10

M 11

M 12

M 13

M 14

M 15

M 16

M 17

M 18

M 19

M 20

Total

Staphylococcus epidermidis

4*

5*

  

4*

3*

6*

6*

1*

4*

4*

5*

 

4*

3*

3*

5*

4*

5*

6*

72

Staphylococcus aureus

4

   

1*

 

2*

   

3*

  

4*

      

14

Staphylococcus pasteuri

    

1

   

2

       

2

 

2

 

7

Staphylococcus warneri

            

2

  

2

 

1

  

5

Staphylococcus hominis

     

1

  

2

          

1

4

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

            

1

       

1

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

            

1

       

1

Gemella haemolysans

       

1*

            

1

Rothia mucilaginosa

     

2*

   

1*

 

3*

     

3*

  

9

Rothia dentocariosa

                   

1

1

Kocuria kristinae

 

1

      

2

      

1

2

   

6

Streptococcus mitis

       

1

    

1*

     

1*

 

3

Streptococcus salivarius

            

1*

       

1

Streptococcus sanguinis

                

1

   

1

Streptococcus parasanguis

       

1*

            

1

Streptococcus peroris

            

1

       

1

Enterococcus faecalis

           

2*

 

1*

2*

     

5

Corynebacterium pseudogenitalium

            

1

       

1

Klebsiella oxytoca

 

2*

3*

                 

5

Pseudomonas fluorescens

   

5*

                

5

Enterobacter hormaechei

 

1

                  

1

Acinetobacter johnsonii

      

1*

             

1

Escherichia coli

   

1

                

1

Pantoea agglomerans

  

1

                 

1

Delftia tsuruhatensis

    

1

               

1

Number of isolates identified

8

9

4

6

7

6

9

9

7

5

7

10

8

9

5

6

10

8

8

8

149

  1. *: Species that were also detected in each milk sample by PCR-DGGE (see Figure 2 for details).