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. 2013 Apr 26;121(6):725–730. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1306534

Table 1.

The 10 bacterial taxa with the greatest decrease in abundance following exposure of sedentary mice to the PCB mixture.

Phylum Class Order Family Species GenBank accession ID Fold change
Proteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas plecoglossicida strain CGMCC 2093 EF645247 –5.6
Proteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae   FJ901066 –4.8
Proteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae   GQ007353 –4.4
Proteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae   GQ108141 –4.4
Proteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas plecoglossicida strain R18 DQ095882 –4.3
Proteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae   GQ008724 –4.3
Proteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae   GQ100754 –4.1
Proteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadaceae Pseudomonas putida strain SRI156 EU826028 –4.0
Firmicutes Bacilli Lactobacillales Streptococcaceae Streptococcus infantis GQ077246 –4.0
Proteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Burkholderiales Comamonadaceae   EF520494 –4.0
Fold change represents the relative bacterial abundance in PCB-exposed mice compared with vehicle-treated controls; values were calculated from the fluorescence intensities derived from hybridization scores.