Table 1.

Gut microbiota studies in different species using pyrosequencing technology

Host	Sample source	Sequencing method	Amount of data retrieved	GenBank ID	Ref.
Mouse	Cecum	16S rRNA-based sequencing	5088 16S rRNA sequences	DQ014552−DQ015671; AY989911−AY993908	[20]
Mouse	Cecum and feces	16S rRNA-based sequencing	2878 16S rRNA sequences	GQ491120−GQ493997	[3]
Mouse	Feces	16S rRNA-based sequencing	4172 16S rRNA sequences	FJ032696−FJ036849 ; EU584214−EU584231	[23]
Mouse and zebrafish	Zebrafish intestine and mouse cecum	16S rRNA-based sequencing	5545 16S rRNA sequences	DQ813844−DQ819377	[35]
Human	Colonic mucosa and feces	16S rRNA-based sequencing	11,831 16S rRNA sequences	AY916135−AY916390; AY974810−AY986384	[13]
Human	Feces	16S rRNA-based sequencing	9773 16S rRNA sequences	FJ362604−FJ372382	[4]
Human	Feces	16S rRNA-based sequencing	2064 16S rRNA sequences	DQ325545−DQ327606	[36]
Cat	Feces	454 pyrosequencing	187,396 reads	SRA012231.1	[37]
Dog	Feces	454 pyrosequencing	201,642 reads	SRA012231.1	[37]
Cow	Rumen	Whole genome sequencing	268 G of metagenomic DNA	HQ706005−HQ706094; SRA023560	[38]
Yak	Rumen	454 pyrosequencing	88 Mb genomic DNA	NA	[15]