Table 2. Tissue-specific composition of quail microbiota*.
| Phylum | Family | Number of Species | |||
| Trachea | Crop | Ceca | Cloaca | ||
| Firmicutes (56.32%) | Bacillaceae | 2 (9.52%) | 19 (21.11%) | 20 (28.99%) | 20 (28.17%) |
| Clostridiaceae | 3 (4.35%) | 2 (2.82%) | |||
| Enterococcaceae | 1 (4.76%) | 2 (2.22%) | 7 (10.14%) | 5 (7.04%) | |
| Eubacteriaceae | 3 (4.35%) | ||||
| Lachnospiraceae | 2 (2.90%) | ||||
| Lactobacillaceae | 4 (19.05%) | 8 (8.89%) | 3 (4.35%) | 1 (1.41%) | |
| Leuconostocaceae | 1 (1.11%) | ||||
| Paenibacillaceae | 2 (9.52%) | 10 (11.11%) | 7 (10.14%) | 4 (5.63%) | |
| Clostridiales Family XI | 2 (2.82%) | ||||
| Staphylococcaceae | 3 (3.33%) | 1 (1.45%) | 3 (4.23%) | ||
| Streptococcaceae | 2 (2.22%) | 4 (5.80%) | 9 (12.68%) | ||
| Veillonellaceae | 1 (1.41%) | ||||
| Actinobacteria (24.21%) | Actinomycetaceae | 1 (1.45%) | 1 (1.41%) | ||
| Bifidobacteriaceae | 1 (1.45%) | 1 (1.41%) | |||
| Corynebacteriaceae | 1 (1.11%) | 2 (2.82%) | |||
| Gordoniaceae | 1 (1.11%) | ||||
| Microbacteriaceae | 3 (14.29%) | 6 (6.67%) | 1 (1.45%) | 6 (8.45%) | |
| Micrococcaceae | 2 (2.22%) | 2 (2.90%) | 5 (7.04%) | ||
| Micromonosporaceae | 1 (1.11%) | ||||
| Mycobacteriaceae | 1 (4.76%) | ||||
| Nocardiaceae | 3 (3.33%) | ||||
| Promicromonosporaceae | 2 (2.22%) | ||||
| Propionibacteriaceae | 1 (1.41%) | ||||
| Pseudonocardiaceae | 1 (1.41%) | ||||
| Streptomycetaceae | 2 (9.52%) | 6 (6.67%) | 1 (1.45%) | 2 (2.82%) | |
| Proteobacteria (17.89%) | Alcaligenaceae | 1 (1.11%) | |||
| Brucellaceae | 1 (1.41%) | ||||
| Burkholderiaceae | 1 (4.76%) | ||||
| Enterobacteriaceae | 2 (9.52%) | 16 (17.78%) | 5 (7.25%) | 1 (1.41%) | |
| Moraxellaceae | 1 (4.76%) | 4 (4.44%) | 2 (2.90%) | ||
| Neisseriaceae | 1 (1.45%) | 3 (4.23%) | |||
| Pseudomonadaceae | 1 (4.76%) | 1 (1.11%) | 1 (1.45%) | ||
| Ralstoniaceae | 1 (4.76%) | ||||
| Rhizobiaceae | 1 (1.45%) | ||||
| Xanthomonadaceae | 1 (1.45%) | ||||
| Bacteroidetes (0.02%) | Bacteroidaceae | 1 (1.45%) | |||
| Flavobacteriaceae | 1 (1.11%) | ||||
| Porphyromonadaceae | 1 (1.45%) | ||||
| Total | 21 (100%) | 90 (100%) | 69 (100%) | 71 (100%) | |
*Shown are the numbers (percentages) of bacterial species in each family. Bacterial isolates from 49 bobwhites were identified to species or genus level by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and biochemistry.