TABLE 1.

Phylotypes identified to species level

Phylotypea	16 rRNA sequence length (bp)	Species	% Identity
Actino1α	643	Actinomyces canis	96.7
Actino2α	697	Actinomyces canis	99.4
Actino3α	697	Actinomyces bowdenii	99.7
Actino5	396	Actinomyces hordeovulneris	98.4
Actino8α	684	Actinomyces hordeovulneris	96.1
Actino7	440	Actinomyces hordeovulneris	99.0
Actino9α	605	Actinomyces coleocanis	96.6
arth3α•	814	Micrococcus luteus	98.7
berg1	868	Bergeyella zoohelcum	94.8
berg2α	611	Bergeyella zoohelcum	95.5
bpp11	334	Porphyromonas macacae	95.4
bpp3•	399	Prevotella heparinolytica	96.9
bpp6	1,083	Porphyromonas gulae	99.9
bpp7	538	Porphyromonas canoris	96.7
bpp8α	655	Porphyromonas cangingivalis	99.1
bpp9α	611	Porphyromonas cansulci	98.5
Camp2•	374	Campylobacter curvus	96.7
Capno1α	362	Capnocytophaga cynodegmi	97.4
clos2	304	Clostridium perfringens	100.0
cory5α	885	Corynebacterium appendicis	98.0
dia1α•	758	Dialister invisus	99.8
fuso1α•	808	Filifactor alocis	99.0
fuso4	384	Filifactor villosus	98.1
gem1	908	Gemella palaticanis	97.9
Haem2	274	Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus	96.6
lam1	336	Lampropedia hyalina	97.0
nei3α	663	Neisseria canis	99.5
nei4	1,089	Neisseria canis	98.6
nei5	346	Neisseria weaveri	100.0
past1α	718	Pasteurella dagmatis	98.5
past2α	822	Pasteurella dagmatis	98.3
pep1•	333	Peptostreptococcus anaerobius	98.7
pep2α•	703	Micromonas micros	96.0
prop3α•	696	Propionibacterium acnes	99.8
rhod1•	417	Dietzia psychralcaliphila	98.7
staph1α•	638	Staphylococcus epidermidis	99.6
strep2α	634	Streptococcus minor	98.3
strep3•	403	Streptococcus bovis	99.2
wol1α•	857	Wolinella succinogenes	98.5
past3α	839	Bisgaard taxon 16	97.7

^aα, a high-fidelity sequence was used for this phylotype identification; •, an indigenous member of the human oral microbiota.