Table 2 Top abundant opportunistic bacterial species in COVID-19 and Recovered patients (not detected in Healthy controls).

From: SARS-CoV-2 infection reduces human nasopharyngeal commensal microbiome with inclusion of pathobionts

Phylum

Species

Relative abundance (%)

COVID-19

Recovered

Firmicutes

Streptococcus salivarius

19.13

0.03

Firmicutes

Streptococcus mitis

18.13

0.11

Proteobacteria

Neisseria subflava

13.77

0.06

Firmicutes

Veillonella dispar

11.03

0.01

Proteobacteria

Acinetobacter junii

3.31

1.85

Firmicutes

Veillonella parvula

2.35

0.05

Firmicutes

Prevotella melaninogenica

2.26

0.08

Firmicutes

Streptococcus parasanguinis

2.22

0.0

Firmicutes

Streptococcus sp. LPB0220

1.98

0.02

Proteobacteria

Neisseria flavescens

1.26

0.0

Firmicutes

Veillonella atypica

1.10

0.02

Proteobacteria

Pseudomonas stutzeri

0.01

8.48

Firmicutes

Staphylococcus capitis

0.005

5.89

Firmicutes

Staphylococcus epidermidis

0.20

5.13

Proteobacteria

Pseudomonas mendocina

0.15

3.12

Proteobacteria

Moraxella osloensis

0.13

2.60

Proteobacteria

Acinetobacter indicus

0.05

2.57

Proteobacteria

Escherichia coli

0.12

2.41

Bacteroidetes

Sphingobacterium sp. G1–14

0.043

1.96

Firmicutes

Streptococcus pneumoniae

0.005

1.60

Proteobacteria

Ralstonia pickettii

0.002

1.55

Actinobacteria

Micrococcus luteus

0.035

1.46