TABLE 2.
Estimation of the relative abundance of different Bacteroides and Prevotella ribotypes in amplified 16S rDNA sequences from gut samples
| Sample and source | % of Prevotella and Bacteroides 16S rDNA present as ribotype:
|
% of Prevotella and Bacteroides in total eubacterial 16S rDNA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 + 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 + 11 | 8 | ||
| Rumen, cow | 15.6 | 13.1 | 16.0 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 42.7 | 36.5 |
| Rumen, sheep | |||||||
| 1 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 24.1 | 12.5 | 7.9 | 34.5 | 12.4 |
| 2 | 56.2 | 0.9 | 9.9 | 7.6 | 1.9 | 24.4 | 22.6 |
| 3 | 52.3 | 2.7 | 14.5 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 20.9 | 18.8 |
| 4 | 25.1 | 3.7 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 38.2 | 19.2 |
| Feces, human | 89.8 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 5.8 |
| Feces, pig | 39.7 | 0.0 | 27.7 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 19.4 | 2.4 |