Table 7.
OTUs found only in the small intestinal contents of all male emus.
| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus | Number of OTUs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proteobacteria | Gammaproteobacteria | Xanthomonadales | Xanthomonadaceae | Lysobacter | 1 |
| Unclassified | 1 | ||||
| Pseudomonadales | Moraxellaceae | Acinetobacter* | 1 | ||
| Unclassified | 1 | ||||
| Alteromonadales | Alteromonadaceae | Alishewanella | 1 | ||
| Alphaproteobacteria | Rhodobacterales | Rhodobacteraceae | Paracoccus | 3 | |
| Rhodobacter | 1 | ||||
| Rhizobiales | Phyllobacteriaceae | Mesorhizobium | 1 | ||
| Devosia | 1 | ||||
| Bosea | 1 | ||||
| Sphingomonadales | Sphingomonadaceae | Sphingopyxis | 1 | ||
| Unclassified | – | 1 | |||
| Betaproteobacteria | Hydrogenophilales | Hydrogenophilaceae | Hydrogenophilus | 1 | |
| Burkholderiales | Oxalobacteraceae | Unclassified | 1 | ||
| Unclassified | – | 1 | |||
| Firmicutes | Bacilli | Bacillales | Staphylococcaceae | Macrococcus | 1 |
| Jeotgalicoccus | 1 | ||||
| Bacillaceae | Bacillus | 1 | |||
| Lactobacillales | Streptococcaceae | Streptococcus | 1 | ||
| Carnobacteriaceae | Trichococcus | 1 | |||
| Aerococcaceae | Aerococcus | 1 | |||
| Unclassified | – | – | 1 | ||
| Clostridia | Clostridiales | Peptostreptococcaceae | Tepidibacter | 1 | |
| FamilyXI.IncertaeSedis | Unclassified | 1 | |||
| Catabacteriaceae | Unclassified | 1 | |||
| Clostridiaceae | Clostridium | 1 | |||
| Unclassified | – | – | 1 | ||
| Actinobacteria | Actinobacteria | Actinomycetales | Micrococcaceae | Arthrobacter | 1 |
| Corynebacteriaceae | Corynebacterium | 2 | |||
| Nocardioidaceae | Marmoricola | 1 | |||
| Nocardioides | 1 | ||||
| Unclassified | 1 | ||||
| Microbacteriaceae | Microbacterium | 1 | |||
| Gordoniaceae | Gordonia | 1 | |||
| Dietziaceae | Dietzia | 1 | |||
| Nocardiaceae | Rhodococcus | 1 | |||
| Propionibacteriaceae | Tessaracoccus | 1 | |||
| Dermabacteraceae | Brachybacterium | 1 | |||
| Brevibacteriaceae | Brevibacterium | 1 | |||
| Unclassified | – | 2 | |||
| Acidimicrobiales | Iamiaceae | Unclassified | 1 | ||
| Bacteroidetes | Sphingobacteria | Sphingobacteriales | Flexibacteraceae | Cytophaga | 1 |
| Sphingobacteriaceae | Sphingobacterium | 2 | |||
| Unclassified | 1 | ||||
| Unclassified | – | 2 | |||
| Bacteroidia | Bacteroidales | Porphyromonadaceae | Unclassified | 1 | |
| Flavobacteria | Flavobacteriales | Flavobacteriaceae | Gelidibacter | 1 | |
| Flavobacterium | 1 | ||||
| Capnocytophaga | 1 | ||||
| Myroides | 1 | ||||
| Chloroflexi | Thermomicrobia | HN1-15 | Unclassified | – | 2 |
| Cyanobacteria | 4C0d-2 | mle1-12 | Unclassified | – | 1 |
| Total | 59 |
*Also found in the cecal content of 1 male emu.