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Table 4.

Mean Concentration and Prevalence (%) of Microorganisms in each Site of the LDT

	ÍLEUM		CECUM		COLON								RECTUM
					Ascending		Transverse		Descending		Sigmoid
Microorganisms	MC	%	MC	%	MC	%	MC	%	MC	%	MC	%	MC	%
Bacillus sp	1	9.5	2	4.2	5	4.2	3	4.2			1	4.3	3	5.0
Bacteroide sp (pig.)	5	4.8									5	4.3	1	5.0
Bacteroides sp (npg)	3	47.6	5	29.2	4	37.5	5	12.5	5	12.5	5	47.8	5	65.0
Bacteroides sp	2	4.8					2	4.2					3	5.0
Bifidobacterium sp	2	9.5			3	4.2	4	4.2	4	8.3	4	8.7	3	5.0
Candida sp	3.5	9.5	2	20.8	3	20.8	2	29.2	4	16.7	3	34.8	3	35.0
Clostridium rammosum	1	4.8							3	4.2
Clostridium sp (gel -)	4	66.7	4	45.8	5	50.0	4.5	58.3	5	54.2	5	69.6	7	60.0
Clostridium sp (gel+)			2	4.2	4	4.2							3	5.0
Clostridium sp	1	4.8	4	45.8	7	4.2							5	5.0
Corynebacterium sp	3	57.1	3	54.2	3.5	50.0	4	41.7	4	45.8	5	60.9	5	65.0
E.coli	5	47.6	5	37.5	5	45.8	4.5	50.0	5	37.5	5	69.6	7	80.0
Enterobacter cloacae			4	4.2	1	4.2
Enterobacter sp	4	28.6	4	20.8	7	37.5	4	29.2	5	45.8	5	52.2	7	35.0
Enterococcus faecalis	4.5	9.5	3	4.2	4	4.2	3	4.2	1	4.2	4	8.7
Enterococcus faecium							5	4.2
Enterococcus sp	4	38.1	2.5	33.3	3.5	33.3	3	58.3	5	58.3	5	34.8	5	60.0
Eubacterium lentum	4	4.8
Eubacterium sp	3.5	9.5
Fusobacterium fusiformes	3	4.8
Fusobacterium sp	3.5	19.0	2.5	25.0	3	20.8	4	16.7	4	8.3	3	21.7	4	55.0
Klebsiella pneumoniae									5	4.2
Klebsiella sp	5	76.2	4	54.2	6	62.5	5	54.2	5	41.7	7	69.6	7	65.0
Lactobacillus acidophillus	4	4.8	3	4.2
Lactobacillus sp	4	33.3	2	29.2	2.5	33.3	3	37.5	3	25.0	2	43.5	4	70.0
Leptotrichia sp					1	4.2					1	4.3
Peptococcus anaerobius	2	4.8	4	4.2	2	4.2					1	4.3
Peptococcus assachalyticus	2	4.8
Peptococcus sp	2	28.6	2.5	33.3	3	25.0	3	33.3	3	25.0	3	56.5	3	35.0
Peptostreptococcus sp	3	9.5			2	8.3			1	4.2	5	13.0
Propionibacterium sp	3	52.4	3	20.8	4	33.3	3	50.0	3	29.2	5	26.1	5	30.0
Proteus sp	3.5	19.0	4	12.5	5	33.3	5	37.5	5	25.0	7	34.8	7	30.0
Pseudomonas sp	3	9.5					1	4.2
Rodothorula sp	4	14.3	2	20.8	1	4.2	1	12.5	3	16.7	1	4.3	3.5	20.0
Selenomonas sp													2	5.0
Staphylococcus sp	5	4.8	2	4.2
Staphylococcus sp coag -	2	33.3	2	20.8	1.5	8.3	2	20.8	2	8.3	3	21.7	3	45.0
Staphylococcus sp (coag+													3	5.0
Streptococcus/ gama hem									2	8.3
Streptococcussp/alfa	4	14.3	4	16.7	2	8.3	3.5	8.3			2	13.0	3	5.0
hemolítico grupo Viridans
Veillonella sp (Gel -)							3	8.3
Veillonella sp	4	90.5	2.5	83.3	4	70.8	4	62.5	5	75.0	5	95.7	5	90.0

MC = Mean concentration (UFC / Log₁₀), % = prevalence

Table 5.

Association between microorganisms/sites of the lower digestive tract

Microbiota	Lower Digestive Tract site
Klebisiella sp, Clostridium sp (gel-), Veillonella sp	All sites
Enterobacter sp	Sigmoid*
Cândida sp	Sigmoid and Rectum*
Enterococcus sp e Lactobacillus sp	Rectum*

sp = species, *p < 0,05 or < 5%