Table 1.

Percent relative abundance (RA) and percentage contribution to defining differences between sample types at different taxonomic levels, as determined by SIMPER analysis, for panda winter, non-mucoid, and mucoid samples.

Comparison	Phyla	RA (%)	SIMPER (%)	Family	RA (%)	SIMPER (%)	OTU	Lowest classification	RA (%)	SIMPER (%)
Winter: Non-mucoid	Firmicutes	98:57	49	Clostridiaceae	57:23	28	1	Clostridium	57:23	28
				Erysipelotrichaceae	31:8.4	18	3	Turicibacter	31:8.4	18
	Proteobacteria	1.2:43	50	Enterobacteriaceae	0.22:43	31	2	Escherichia-Shigella	0.22:43	31
Non-mucoid: Mucoid	Firmicutes	57:64	46	Clostridiaceae	23:35	23	1	Clostridium	23:35	22
				Erysipelotrichacae	8.4:12	9.4	3	Turicibacter	8.4:12	9.0
				Leuconostocacae	13:0.0	9.5	6	Leuconostoc	11:0.0	7.5
				Streptococcaceae	8.1:8.2	8.0	4	Streptococcus	7.4:0.63	5.3
							12	Streptococcus	0.0:7.2	5.1
	Proteobacteria	43:29	45	Enterobacteriaceae	43:13	27	2	Escherichia-Shigella	43:13	26
Winter: Mucoid	Firmicutes	98: 64	49	Clostridiaceae	57:35	29	1	Clostridium	57:35	28
				Erysipelotrichaceae	31:12	22	3	Turicibacter	31:12	21
				Streptococcaceae	5.7:8.2	9.1	12	Streptococcus	0.0:7.2	6.3
	Proteobacteria	1.2:29	38	Enterobacteriaceae	0.22:13	12	2	Escherichia-Shigella	0.22:13	11
							11	Family Pasteurellaceae	0.0:6.1	5.3

RA, Relative abundance.