Table 2.
The 25 most common OTUs and their relative abundance (± SD) in juvenile and adult kogiid whales.
| OTU | Lowest taxonomy | Adults | Juveniles | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. sima | K. breviceps | % Contrib | K. sima | K. breviceps | % Contrib | ||
| 00001 | p_Bacteroidetes | 0.79 ± 0.51 | 10.68 ± 7.36 | 7.04 | 1.24 ± 2.01 | 16.71 ± 12.34 | 9.04 |
| 00002 | p_Bacteroidetes | 8.41 ± 6.41 | 12.07 ± 2.2 | 3.86 | 8.46 ± 9.18 | 7.83 ± 6.47 | 4.83 |
| 00003 | f_Peptostreptococcaceae | 0.89 ± 0.62 | 8.74 ± 6.27 | 5.71 | 0.09 ± 0.03 | 7.51 ± 8.11 | 4.33 |
| 00004 | f_Peptostreptococcaceae | 5.89 ± 6.22 | 1.43 ± 1.85 | 3.91 | 3.86 ± 8.23 | 0.06 ± 0.03 | 2.23 |
| 00005 | g_Adlercreutzia | 3.33 ± 1.97 | 0.37 ± 0.15 | 2.12 | 11.03 ± 17.15 | 0.61 ± 0.78 | 6.36 |
| 00006 | Clostridium perfringens | 8.83 ± 11 | 1.66 ± 2.65 | 6.18 | 0.25 ± 0.55 | 0.51 ± 1.25 | 0.39 |
| 00007 | f_Mogibacteriaceae | 1.56 ± 1.83 | 5.04 ± 1.46 | 2.60 | 0.07 ± 0.03 | 3.71 ± 2.68 | 2.13 |
| 00008 | o_Clostridia | 6.82 ± 2.47 | 3.25 ± 3.91 | 3.56 | 0.81 ± 1.08 | 0.66 ± 0.45 | 0.47 |
| 00009 | p_Bacteroidetes | 0.38 ± 0.41 | 1.41 ± 1.09 | 0.82 | 0.71 ± 1.02 | 3.76 ± 4.42 | 1.97 |
| 00010 | f_Synergistaceae | 0.14 ± 0.16 | 3.6 ± 1.28 | 2.46 | 0.30 ± 0.62 | 2.52 ± 2.02 | 1.38 |
| 00011 | g_Mycobacterium | 1.28 ± 1.11 | 3.86 ± 3.77 | 2.39 | 2.43 ± 4.33 | 3.23 ± 3.32 | 2.22 |
| 00012 | o_Bacteroidales | 0.08 ± 0.06 | 3.31 ± 1.99 | 2.30 | 0.19 ± 0.30 | 4.57 ± 3.68 | 2.57 |
| 00013 | o_Clostridia | 3.9 ± 3.74 | 1.32 ± 1.31 | 2.34 | 4.75 ± 9.35 | 0.99 ± 1.66 | 2.88 |
| 00014 | o_Clostridia | 0.21 ± 0.12 | 1.57 ± 1.57 | 0.97 | 0.13 ± 0.15 | 3.01 ± 2.53 | 1.69 |
| 00015 | p_Bacteroidetes | 1.49 ± 2.67 | 1.91 ± 2.26 | 1.62 | 3.07 ± 6.8 | 1.41 ± 1.82 | 2.25 |
| 00016 | f_Enterobacteriaceae | 0.42 ± 0.46 | 0.68 ± 1.3 | 0.56 | 3.91 ± 6.88 | 0.06 ± 0.06 | 2.28 |
| 00017 | g_Oscillospira | 2.36 ± 2.91 | 1.43 ± 0.62 | 1.33 | 0.19 ± 0.37 | 0.47 ± 0.38 | 0.26 |
| 00018 | g_Oscillospira | 0.78 ± 0.52 | 2.54 ± 1.41 | 1.26 | 0.42 ± 0.62 | 0.52 ± 0.63 | 0.34 |
| 00019 | Campylobacter fetus | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 2.56 ± 3.38 | 1.79 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.39 ± 1.02 | 0.23 |
| 00020 | f_RFP12 | 0.33 ± 0.5 | 2.48 ± 1.72 | 1.56 | 0.34 ± 0.74 | 0.71 ± 0.60 | 0.44 |
| 00021 | f_Lachnospira | 0.27 ± 0.07 | 1.48 ± 0.62 | 0.85 | 0.05 ± 0.02 | 2.82 ± 3.22 | 1.61 |
| 00022 | g_Desulfovibrio | 1.34 ± 1.67 | 0.46 ± 0.51 | 0.85 | 3.65 ± 7.00 | 2.88 ± 5.02 | 2.82 |
| 00025 | f_Coriobacteriaceae | 1.99 ± 1.48 | 0.06 ± 0.03 | 1.37 | 3.37 ± 6.84 | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 1.96 |
| 00030 | f_Coriobacteriaceae | 1.91 ± 2.74 | 0.05 ± 0.03 | 1.32 | 4.22 ± 8.77 | 0.02 ± 0.01 | 2.45 |
| 00037 | f_Ruminococcaceae | 0.06 ± 0.06 | 0.04 ± 0.06 | 0.04 | 5.17 ± 9.45 | 0.45 ± 0.99 | 3.01 |
Percent contributions to dissimilarity between host species (% Contrib.) determined by SIMPER analysis. Values in bold represent differentially abundant symbionts between kogiid hosts (p < 0.05 for MetaStats and LefSe analyses).