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. 2014 Apr;80(7):2254–2260. doi: 10.1128/AEM.04070-13

TABLE 3.

Relative abundances of core prokaryotic communities in the pit mud from cellars of different ages

Phylum and genus % relative abundance in cellars of age (yr)a:
1 10 25 50
Bacteroidetes 1.37 ± 0.63a 20.83 ± 9.22b 23.32 ± 4.45b 18.62 ± 6.01b
    Petrimonas 0.94 ± 0.45a 11.19 ± 5.31b 16.69 ± 2.73b 12.02 ± 4.95b
    Unclassified Porphyromonadaceae 0.28 ± 0.14a 6.45 ± 4.04b 3.71 ± 1.13b 4.39 ± 1.51b
Euryarchaeota 0.58 ± 0.29a 10.36 ± 4.29b 11.44 ± 1.77b 12.61 ± 3.32b
    Methanobacterium 0.15 ± 0.11a 1.85 ± 1.30ac 2.85 ± 2.42bc 4.57 ± 1.74b
    Methanobrevibacter 0.12 ± 0.06a 1.42 ± 0.76b 1.94 ± 0.37b 2.05 ± 0.68b
    Methanoculleus 0.16 ± 0.13a 5.43 ± 4.73bc 1.56 ± 0.35a 2.05 ± 1.93ac
    Methanosarcina 0.12 ± 0.05a 1.00 ± 1.04a 4.52 ± 1.11b 3.05 ± 1.94b
Firmicutes 95.68 ± 0.95a 63.12 ± 9.06b 53.99 ± 5.71b 54.42 ± 9.95b
    Unclassified Anaerobrancaceae 0.11 ± 0.06a 1.21 ± 0.64b 2.62 ± 0.92c 2.46 ± 0.75c
    Unclassified Clostridiaceae 1 0.16 ± 0.06a 0.96 ± 0.42a 4.97 ± 1.10b 7.27 ± 2.93b
    Sedimentibacter 1.57 ± 0.20a 4.05 ± 1.58b 4.78 ± 0.84b 3.34 ± 1.11b
    Lactobacillus 62.28 ± 7.88a 16.07 ± 16.85b 3.28 ± 2.25b 4.23 ± 4.60b
    Clostridium IV 1.12 ± 0.23a 8.79 ± 6.27b 9.57 ± 2.91b 12.71 ± 7.38b
    Unclassified Ruminococcaceae 0.50 ± 0.14a 1.39 ± 0.43ac 3.43 ± 1.29b 1.96 ± 0.85c
    Syntrophomonas 0.45 ± 0.09a 4.74 ± 1.47b 4.53 ± 1.32b 3.48 ± 1.68b
Spirochaetes 0.12 ± 0.05a 1.58 ± 1.84a 3.88 ± 1.78b 3.35 ± 2.13b
    Spirochaetes SHA-4 0.12 ± 0.04a 1.58 ± 1.84a 3.60 ± 1.78b 3.16 ± 2.10b
a

All data are presented as means ± standard deviations (n = 5). Values with different letters in a row mean significant differences at P < 0.05 as determined by ANOVA.