Table 2.
Predominant bacterial genera (expressed as percentage of sequences) in faeces of domestic cats fed CHI (n 5) or EXT (n 3)*
| Phylum | Family | Genus | CHI | EXT | sem | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinobacteria | Bifidobacteriaceae | Bifidobacterium | ND† | 0·3 | – | – |
| Bifidobacteriaceae | Collinsella | 4·9 | 6·9 | 17·0 | 0·94 | |
| Coriobacteriaceae | Slackia | 0·1 | <0·1 | <0·1 | 0·06 | |
| Unidentified genera | 0·1 | 0·5 | 0·1 | 0·08 | ||
| Firmicutes | Acidaminococcaeae | Phascolarctobacterium | 0·6 | 1·3 | 0·2 | 0·09 |
| Clostridiaceae | Clostridium | 16·3 | 10·5 | 2·3 | 0·12 | |
| Enterococcaeae | Enterococcus | 1·0 | 0·3 | 0·3 | 0·13 | |
| Erysipelotrichaceae | Allobaculum | 0·8 | 0·1 | 0·2 | 0·06 | |
| Unidentified genera | 0·7 | <0·1 | 0·3 | 0·22 | ||
| Eubacteriaceae | Eubacterium | 5·8 | 2·5 | 1·1 | 0·09 | |
| Lachnospiraceae | Blautia | 9·7 | 12·3 | 2·7 | 0·51 | |
| Coprococcus | 2·3 | 0·6 | 1·0 | 0·30 | ||
| Psuedobutyrivibrio | 4·0 | 1·0 | 0·8 | 0·04 | ||
| Roseburia | 1·2 | 0·3 | 0·5 | 0·25 | ||
| Unidentified genera | 15·2 | 5·3 | 0·5 | <0·01 | ||
| Lactobacilliaceae | Lactobacillus | ND | 7·6 | – | – | |
| Oscillospiraceae | Oscillibacter | 0·3 | <0·1 | 0·1 | 0·09 | |
| Peptococcaeae | Peptococcus | 9·2 | 3·2 | 1·0 | <0·01 | |
| Peptostreptococcaeae | Peptostreptococcus | 0·7 | <0·1 | 0·5 | 0·43 | |
| Ruminococcaceae | Anaerotruncus | 2·3 | 1·3 | 0·4 | 0·13 | |
| Faecalibacterium | 0·2 | 1·0 | 0·2 | 0·02 | ||
| Ruminococcus | 4·3 | 2·2 | 1·2 | 0·28 | ||
| Unidentified genera | 2·4 | 1·1 | 0·4 | 0·06 | ||
| Veillonellaceae | Megamonas | <0·1 | 11·9 | 4·1 | 0·09 | |
| Fusobacteria | Fusobacteriaceae | Fusobacterium | 8·7 | 5·9 | 15·1 | 0·83 |
| Proteobacteria | Campylobacteraceae | Campylobacter | 2·4 | 0·6 | 2·2 | 0·59 |
| Enterobacteriaceae | Shigella | 2·7 | 0·7 | 1·2 | 0·29 | |
| Succinivibrionaceae | Anaerobiospirillum | 0·8 | 1·2 | 0·6 | 0·64 | |
| Succinivibrio | <0·1 | 1·2 | 0·2 | <0·01 |
*
CHI, 1–3-d-old chicks (My Pet Carnivore); EXT, extruded chicken-based diet (P&G Petcare).
†ND, not detected.