TABLE 3.

Comparison of sequences found in the canine oral microbiota with sequences of human origin on GenBank

Level of identification and phylotype	Species	% Identity	Closest human species	% Identity
Species level
actino3	A. bowdenii	99.7	A. naeslundii+a	96.4
actino1	A. canis	96.7	Actinomyces sp.+	91.7
actino2	A. canis	99.4	Actinomyces sp.+	92.9
actino9	A. coleocanis	96.6	A. europaeus	90.4
actino8	A. hordeovulneris	96.1	A. nasicola	93.3
berg2	B. zoohelcum	95.5	Flavobacteriaceae genomosp. C1	90.2
capno1	C. cynodegmi	97.4	Capnocytophaga sp.	94.3
dia1	D. invisus	99.8	D. invisus+	99.8
arth3	M. luteus	98.7	M. luteus+	98.7
nei3	N. canis	99.5	Neisseria sp.+	93.1
prop3	P. acnes	99.8	P. acnes+	99.8
bpp8	P. cangingivalis	99.1	P. levii	88.5
bpp9	P. cansulci	98.5	Tannerella forsythensis+	85.5
past1	P. dagmatis	98.5	Haemophilus cf. paragallinarum	89.9
strep2	S. minor	98.3	Streptococcus sp.+	89.5
wol1	W. succinogenes	98.5	W. succinogenes+	98.5
Mean		98.3		93.3
Less reliable than species level
actino6	A. hordeovulneris	94.9	A. nasicola	94.2
bpp4	B. uniformis	91.5	Bacteroides sp.	98.2
bpp5	Bacteroides sp.	92.4	Dysgonomonas mossii	89.9
cory1	C. bovis	79.6	C. accolens	79.9
cory4	C. macginleyi	94.1	C. macginleyi	94.1
card1	C. valvarum	93.0	C. valvarum	93.0
prop2	Friedmanniella spumicola	91.7	Luteococcus sanguinis	91.8
abio1	G. balaenopterae	91.2	G. elegans	81.9
pep3	Helcococcus sp.	89.5	H. sueciensis	89.5
morax2	M. cuniculi	95.1	M. cuniculi	95.1
morax1	M. osloensis	89.4	M. osloensis	89.4
nei1	N. dentiae	96.0	N. meningitides	93.1
nei7	N. elongata	94.4	N. elongata+	94.4
strep4	S. bovis	91.8	S. mitis+	90.8
bul1	Solobacterium sp.	84.6	Solobacterium sp.+	84.6
xen1	X. azovorans	94.8	Lautropia sp.+	92.2
Mean		91.5		90.8

^a+, bacteria of oral origin.