Table 8.
Summary of taxon abundances (%) on the external body sites of dogs
| Taxon | Back left paw | Back right paw | Front left paw | Paws averaged | Forehead |
| Actinobacteria | |||||
| Corynebacteriaceae | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Microbacteriaceae | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
| Micrococcaceae | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 |
| Nocardioidaceae | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 |
| Propionibacteriaceae | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| Bacteroidetes | |||||
| Bacteroidaceae | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| Porphyromonadaceae | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| Prevotellaceae | 1.1 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| Flavobacteriaceae | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| Flexibacteraceae | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Firmicutes | |||||
| Staphylococcaceae | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| Streptococcaceae | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Lachnospiraceae | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
| Veillonellaceae | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Fusobacteria | |||||
| Fusobacteriaceae | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
| Alphaproteobacteria | |||||
| Bradyrhizobiaceae | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Hyphomicrobiaceae | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 |
| Methylobacteriaceae | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Sphingomonadaceae | 5.3 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| Betaproteobacteria | |||||
| Comamonadaceae | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| Oxalobacteraceae | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 |
| Neisseriaceae | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| Gammaproteobacteria | |||||
| Enterobacteriaceae | 2.2 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| Oceanospirillaceae | 2.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| Pasteurellaceae | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 6.9 |
| Moraxellaceae | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| Pseudomonadaceae | 7.1 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 3.4 |
Family level abundances >1% are shown. The front right paw was sampled but failed to amplify and is therefore not shown.