Novel Device to Sample the Esophageal Microbiome—The Esophageal String Test
Figure 2
Esophageal genera captured on mucosal biopsies and ESTs are similar.
Bacterial taxa were compared from 15 matched biopsy and EST samples, the negative log p-value from this comparison is displayed for each taxa. The gray horizontal lines indicate significant differences (p<0.05 and p<0.01). The phyla are represented in different colors as in the key. Genera that were significantly different are numbered. Numbers represent: 1, Actinomyces; 2, Pasteurella. 2, had higher relative abundance in EST versus biopsy.