Table 2.
Relative abundance of the 6 dominant phyla observed in the upper and lower respiratory tract of healthy horses (n = 6) at day 0, and relative abundance of genus within each phylum
| Phylum (mean relative abundance, %) | Genus (mean relative abundance per phylum, %) |
|---|---|
| Proteobacteria (43.85%) | Sphingomonas (35.69%) |
| Pantoea (26.65%) | |
| Pseudomonas (14.57%) | |
| Massilia (5.59%) | |
| Rhizobium (3.35%) | |
| Mesorhizobium (2.20%) | |
| Naxibacter (1.60%) | |
| Serratia (1.39%) | |
| Devosia (1.32%) | |
| Actinobacteria (21.63%) | Agrococcus (15.67%) |
| Knoellia (12.98%) | |
| Arthrobacter (12.1%) | |
| Microbacterium (8.56%) | |
| Corynebacterium (7.27%) | |
| Brachybacterium (5.93%) | |
| Ornithinimicrobium (5.06%) | |
| Brevibacterium (4.06%) | |
| Rhodococcus (4.03%) | |
| Kocuria (3.88%) | |
| Dietzia (3.71%) | |
| Rothia (2.5%) | |
| Clavibacter (1.87%) | |
| Rathayibacter (1.65%) | |
| Marmoricola (1.55%) | |
| Streptomyces (1.29%) | |
| Nocardioides (1.24%) | |
| Firmicutes (16.82%) | Jeotgalicoccus (30.8%) |
| Planomicrobium (19.52%) | |
| Gemella (16.63%) | |
| Atopostipes (5.91%) | |
| Bacillus (4.68%) | |
| Staphylococcus (3.6%) | |
| Sporosarcina (2.55%) | |
| Facklamia (2.23%) | |
| Trichococcus (1.85%) | |
| Streptococcus (1.79%) | |
| Carnobacterium (1.72%) | |
| Aerococcus (1.23%) | |
| Bacteroidetes (13.24%) | Hymenobacter (42.65%) |
| Pedobacter (17.93%) | |
| Prevotella (17.42%) | |
| Flavisolibacter (12.19%) | |
| Gillisia (3.1%) | |
| Chryseobacterium (2.69%) | |
| Cloacibacterium (1.66%) | |
| Ferruginibacter (1.51%) | |
| Verrucomicrobia (0.79%) | Luteolibacter (20.93%) |
| Akkermansia (8.79%) | |
| Chloroflexi (0.51%) | Sphaerobacter (97.84%) |
| Litorilinea (2.16%) |