Table 2.
Major taxa of the gut microbiota in humans and animal models
| Human | Mouse | Rat | Pig | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacteria | Firmicutes | Firmicutes | Firmicutes | Firmicutes |
| Bacteroidetes | Bacteroidetes | Bacteroidetes | Bacteroidetes | |
| Actinobacteria | ||||
| Proteobacteria | ||||
| Archaea | Methanobrevibacter | Methanobrevibacter | Methanobrevibacter | Methanomicrobia, |
| Nitrososphaera | Methanosphaera | |||
| Viruses | Herpesviridae | Variable | Variable | Picornaviridae |
| Papillomaviridae | Astroviridae | |||
| Polyomaviridae | Coronaviridae | |||
| Adenoviridae | Caliciviridae | |||
| Eukarya | Candida | Ascomycota | Ascomycota | Kazachstania |
| Malassezia | Basidiomycota | Basidiomycota | Candida | |
| Saccharomyces | Chytridiomycota | Chytridiomycota | Galactomyces | |
| Cladosporium | Zygomycota | Zygomycota | Issatchenkia |