Table 4.

Distribution of 16S rRNA genes in the clone library of snow goose excreta from Nebraska

Class (% clones of total)	Genus	No. of clones
Fusobacteria (1.7)	Cetobacterium	6
	Unclassified Fusobacteriaceae	3
Bacilli (76.6)	Lactobacillus	194
	Carnobacterium	8
	Catellicoccus	21
	Unclassified Lactobacillaceae	3
	Unclassified Enterococcaceae	135
	Unclassified Lactobacillales	39
Clostridia (0.8)	Acetivibrio	1
	Unclassified Clostridiales	3
Alphaproteobacteria (0.6)	Devosia	1
	Unclassified Sphingomonadaceae	1
Betaproteobacteria (7.9)	Janthinobacterium	32
	Unclassified Oxalobacteraceae	8
Deltaproteobacteria (7.0)	Pseudomonas	28
	Yersinia	2
	Citrobacter	1
Epsilonproteobacteria (1.5)	Geobacter	5
	Desulfobulbus	1
Bacteroidetes (0.4)	Unclassified Bacteroidaceae	2
Flavobacteria (1.1)	Flavobacterium	5
Unknown (2.5)	Unknown	13