Table 5. Analysis of Similarity of bacterial communities (Within Flea Species).
| Host | Site | Date | Sex | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | p-value | R | p-value | R | p-value | R | p-value | |
| Bray-Curtis | ||||||||
| C. cabirus | -0.25 | 0.985 | - | - | - | - | -0.17 | 0.918 |
| D. lypusus | -0.12 | 0.799 | -0.06 | 0.632 | - | - | 0.04 | 0.253 |
| S. torvus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.75 | 0.001 |
| X. brasiliensis | 0.07 | 0.039 | 0.10 | 0.002 | 0.19 | 0.001 | 0.15 | 0.001 |
| X. cheopis | 0.05 | 0.021 | 0.12 | 0.001 | 0.00 | 0.388 | 0.44 | 0.001 |
| X. nubica | 0.28 | 0.182 | 0.09 | 0.232 | - | - | - | - |
| UniFrac | ||||||||
| C. cabirus | -0.09 | 0.742 | - | - | - | - | 0.02 | 0.309 |
| D. lypusus | -0.21 | 0.911 | -0.06 | 0.618 | - | - | 0.16 | 0.038 |
| S. torvus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.39 | 0.007 |
| X. brasiliensis | 0.17 | 0.001 | 0.05 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.017 | 0.08 | 0.003 |
| X. cheopis | 0.08 | 0.004 | 0.06 | 0.001 | 0.05 | 0.004 | 0.21 | 0.001 |
| X. nubica | 0.30 | 0.086 | 0.28 | 0.019 | - | - | - | - |
| Weighted UniFrac | ||||||||
| C. cabirus | -0.11 | 0.805 | - | - | - | - | -0.10 | 0.818 |
| D. lypusus | -0.06 | 0.612 | -0.09 | 0.774 | - | - | 0.03 | 0.263 |
| S. torvus | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.74 | 0.001 |
| X. brasiliensis | 0.11 | 0.002 | 0.11 | 0.002 | 0.20 | 0.001 | 0.06 | 0.012 |
| X. cheopis | 0.08 | 0.009 | 0.10 | 0.001 | -0.02 | 0.821 | 0.28 | 0.001 |
| X. nubica | 0.10 | 0.209 | 0.00 | 0.428 | - | - | - | - |