Table 1.

Species biomarker.

Sample	Taxon name	p-value	p-value (FDR)	Taxonomic relative abundance (%)
Hyperendemic area 1	Staphylococcus aureus	0.0342	0.50815	50.0184
	Brevibacterium avium	0.01262	0.3396	23.2605
	Staphylococcus equorum	0.03682	0.53963	14.7103
Hyperendemic area 3	Erwinia persicina group	0.02578	0.76076	40.8605
	Enterobacteriaceae	0.03359	0.79616	18.9266
Hyperendemic area 4	Erwinia iniecta	0.02578	0.58038	33.8485
	Erwinia_uc	0.02119	0.49879	15.3244
Hyperendemic area 6	Serratia ficaria	0.03359	0.42652	68.4779
	Gibbsiella quercinecans	0.02578	0.33312	11.9534
Hyperendemic area 7	Staphylococcus sciuri	0.04194	0.79094	19.5395
Hyperendemic area 8	Arcobacter butzleri	0.03074	0.44759	49.2067
	AF166259_s	0.01727	0.33253	16.3773

The Kruskal Wallis H test was used to determine species biomarkers by region ($\mathit{p}<0.05$). The average microbiome profile of all samples (n = 24) was compared to the microbiome profile of each region (n = 2). Significant species biomarkers were determined in hyperendemic areas (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8).