Table 1.
Most abundant OTUs, their taxonomic assignment at family level and closest type strain in number and % of clones for both clone libraries from captive cheetah faeces
| OTUa | Bacterial family | Clostridium cluster | Closest type strain | CL-B1 (352 clones) | CL-B2 (350 clones) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
OTU-2 |
Clostridiaceae
|
I |
Clostridium perfringens ATCC 13124T |
6 (1.7%) |
59 (16.9%) |
|
OTU-3 |
Clostridiaceae
|
XI |
Clostridium hiranonis TO-931T |
48 (13.6%) |
138 (39.4%) |
|
OTU-5 |
Clostridiaceae
|
XI |
Clostridium glycolicum DSM 1288T |
1 (0.3%) |
14 (4.0%) |
|
OTU-6 |
Peptococcaceae
|
n/a |
Desulfonispora thiosulfatigenes DSM 11270T |
33 (9.4%) |
1 (0.3%) |
|
OTU-7 |
Ruminococcaceae
|
XIVa |
Ruminococcus gnavus ATCC 29149T |
69 (19.6%) |
20 (5.7%) |
|
OTU-10 |
Incertae Sedis XIV |
XIVa |
Blautia hansenii JCM 14655T |
36 (10.2%) |
19 (5.4%) |
|
OTU-12 |
Incertae Sedis XIV |
XIVa |
Blautia glucerasei HFTH-1T |
32 (9.1%) |
3 (0.9%) |
|
OTU-13 |
Incertae Sedis XIV |
XIVa |
Blautia glucerasei HFTH-1T |
29 (8.2%) |
8 (2.3%) |
|
OTU-17 |
Coriobacteriaceae
|
n/a |
Collinsella stercoris RCA55-54T |
6 (1.7%) |
13 (3.7%) |
| OTU-25 | Enterococcaceae | n/a | Enterococcus cecorum ATCC 43198T | 31 (8.8%) | - |
aOTUs which consist of at least ≥ 10 clones in CL-B1 or CL-B2; OTU = operational taxonomic unit; n/a = not applicable.