Table 4. Number of bacterial families and genera (grouped by Phylum) that make up≥0.01% of total ‘reads” in the nine samples of Chad sand.
| Phylum | Number of: | Number of reads: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Families |
Genera |
0.1–0.9% |
⩾1% |
⩾1% in at least 3 samples |
| Actinobacteria | 44 | 150 | 39 | 13 | 6 |
| Acidobacteria | 3 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bacteroidetes | 8 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 |
| Chloroflexi | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Deinococcus-Thermus | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Firmicutes | 15 | 44 | 25 | 4 | 1 |
| Fusobacteria | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gemmatimonadetes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nitrospirae | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Proteobacteria | 44 | 172 | 64 | 6 | 3 |
| Planctomycetes | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tenericutes | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |