Table 2.
Relative abundance of bacterial phyla found in the fecal microbiota of forty bison, divided into two different groups
| Phylum | Group A (n = 19) | Group B (n = 21) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acidobacteria |
0.00008 |
0.00004 |
0.43 |
|
Actinobacteria |
6.4 |
1.2 |
0.002 |
| Bacteroidetes |
0.49 |
0.65 |
0.26 |
| Chlamydiae |
0.018 |
0.036 |
0.24 |
|
Chloroflexi |
0.0029 |
0.013 |
0.014 |
|
Deferibacteres |
0 |
0.00005 |
0.033 |
| Deinococcus-Thermus |
0.00004 |
0.0023 |
0.40 |
| Elusimicrobia |
0.000013 |
0.000008 |
0.72 |
| Fibrobacteres |
0.016 |
0.018 |
0.80 |
| Fusobacteria |
0.0029 |
0.0022 |
0.67 |
| Gemmatimonadetes |
0.007 |
0.15 |
0.038 |
| Lentispaerae |
0.0028 |
0.00005 |
0.24 |
| Plantomycetes |
0.15 |
0.42 |
0.065 |
|
Proteobacteria |
18.7 |
42.5 |
<0.0001 |
| Spirochaetes |
0.035 |
0.022 |
0.35 |
| Synergistetes |
0.0001 |
0.0018 |
0.24 |
| Tenericutes |
0.0015 |
0.0030 |
0.15 |
| Verrucomicrobia |
0.54 |
1.3 |
0.056 |
|
Firmicutes |
70.9 |
39.3 |
<0.001 |
| SR1 |
0 |
0.000055 |
0.11 |
| TM7 |
0.42 |
0.42 |
0.97 |
| Unclassified | 2.3 | 3.3 | 0.06 |
Phyla that were significantly different area indicated in bold.