Table 1.
Group (Kingdom) | Group specific PCR | N clones sequenced | N symbiont strains present |
Microsporidia (EUK) | - | ||
Parabasalidea & Diplomonadida (EUK) | - | ||
Eumycota – Fungi (EUK) | + | 41 | 6 |
Flavobacteria (EUB) | + | 44 | 5 |
Fibrobacter (EUB) | - | ||
Spirochaetes & relatives (EUB) | - | ||
Proteobacteria (EUB) | + | 36 | 12 |
Gram pos high GC (EUB) | + | 26 | 9 |
Gram pos low GC (EUB) | + | 12 | 1 |
TOTAL | 159 | 33 |