What do the bracketed numbers in the PMS logs mean?

For instance I have a line like this:

Sep 17, 2015 08:53:36:168 [5548] DEBUG - [Now] Adding 0 sessions.

What I am looking for is a reference list or something so I can better parse the log files since [5548] reoccurs with exact same lines in the file. I have a small app on my server that is constantly monitoring the lines in the log files and when it detects changes it adds them to a file in the root of my ftp server which an app on my desktop and android devices can pickup and read from anywhere.

There are lines I want to exclude server side and if I had some sort of reference I could make my apps more organized and customize-able.

Sorry if this has already been asked and answered but I found little in my search so far.

It is the Thread ID - for windows it is known as the TID as opposed to the PID for the parent process. Note that the Completed log entry is done using a general thread and only way to match a Completed log line to a Request is through the port number,

That is what I expected thanks for the confirmation!