Table 1. Relative abundance of several bacterial phyla in faeces of koalas eating E. viminalis and E. obliqua in 2013 and 2015.
| Frequency (%) ± SE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxon-phylum | E. viminalis2013 | E. obliqua2013 | E. viminalis2015 | E. obliqua2015 |
| Bacteroidetes | 61 ± 0a | 22 ± 0b | 48 ± 0a | 27 ± 0b |
| Firmicutes | 34 ± 0b | 69 ± 0a | 32 ± 0b | 61 ± 0a |
| Cyanobacteria | 1 ± 0b | 6 ± 0ab | 15 ± 0a | 8 ± 0ab |
| Other | 1 ± 0b | 1 ± 0a | 0.003 ± 0.001c | 0.003 ± 0.001c |
| Proteobacteria | 1 ± 0a | 1 ± 0a | 1 ± 0a | 1 ± 0a |
| Synergistetes | 0.003 ± 0.001b | 0.0004 ± 0.0001b | 2 ± 0a | 1 ± 0b |
| Verrucomicrobia | 2 ± 0a | 0.00004 ± 0.00002a | 1 ± 0a | 1 ± 0a |
Notes.
Values given as mean relative abundance ± standard error (SE) across diet and collection year. Across columns, mean followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P < 0.05, using Tukey’s test.