Table 1 Pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacterial species identified metagenomically from the polyherbal medicines used for the treatment of tuberculosis in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

*^a Raoultella ornithinolytica

*^a Rahnella aquatilis

^nb Bacillus thuringiensis

*^a Rahnella aquatilis

*^b Bacillus cereus

^h Paenibacillus sp.

^a Enterobacter sp.

*^a Klebsiella oxytoca

^nb Bacillus subtilis

* ^b Bacillus anthracis

^na Klebsiella variicola

* ^a Rahnella aquatilis

^nj Eubacterium moniliforme

^nb Lysinibacillus sphaericus

^nh Paenibacillus terrae

^h Paenibacillus sp.

^a Enterobacter sp.

^nh Paenibacillus polymyxa

*^b Bacillus cereus

*^a Klebsiella oxytoca

^b Bacillus sp.

Uncultured firmicutes

^nk Lactobacillus sp.

^a Enterobacter sp.

^na Pectobacterium carotovorum

^aUncultured enterobacter

^na Pantoea rwandensis

*^a Klebsiella pneumoniae

*^b Bacillus cereus

*^b Bacillus cereus

Uncultured bacterium

^ne Clostridium thiosulfatireducens

Uncultured bacterium

^b Bacillus sp.

^na Enterobacter cloacae

^na Pantoea agglomerans

*^a Rahnella aquatilis

*^a Klebsiella pneumoniae

Uncultured bacterium

–

^ne Clostridium xylanolyticum

Uncultured actinobacterium

^nl Weissella soli

^nh Paenibacillus polymyxa

*^a Klebsiella pneumoniae

^a Enterobacter sp.

*^a Salmonella enterica

^na Kluyvera intermedia

–

^h Paenibacillus sp.

–

Uncultured firmicutes

^na Citrobacter freundii

^nm Burkholderia xenovorans

^na Klebsiella variicola

^nf Herbaspirillum frisingense

^ng Mycobacterium chelonae

–

^eUncultured clostridium

–

Uncultured bacterium

–

^np Pseudomonas sp.

^na Leclercia sp.

^na Enterobacter cloacae

^nh Paenibacillus sp.

–

^nl Weissella soli

–

–

–

^na Pantoea vagans

^bUncultured bacillus

^na Enterobacter asburiae

ⁿⁱ Streptomyces leeuwenhoekii

–

Uncultured bacterium

–

–

–

^a Klebsiella sp.

^c Bacterium nxked5

^eUncultured clostridium

–

–

^nl Leuconostoc mesenteroides

–

–

–

^a Pantoea sp.

^nb Bacillus thuringiensis

^e Clostridium sp.

–

–

^bUncultured bacilli

–

–

–

Uncultured bacterium

Uncultured bacterium

^c Bacterium mj07

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

^na Kosakonia radicincitans

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

^c Bacterium mj15

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

^c Bacterium bx4

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Uncultured bacterium

–

–

–

–

–

–

–