Table 3.
Prevalence of the most abundant bacterial taxa in placenta from bovine abortion cases based on 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing.
| Most abundant taxa placenta | No. of abortion cases |
|---|---|
| Escherichia coli | 12 |
| Streptococcus pluranimalium | 11 |
| Streptococcus equinus | 8 |
| Aerococcus viridans | 6 |
| Clostridium perfringens | 6 |
| Facklamia sp. | 5 |
| Fusobacterium necrophorum | 5 |
| Psychrobacter psychrophilus | 5 |
| Clostridium bifermentans | 4 |
| Mannheimia varigena | 4 |
| Fusobacterium periodonticum | 3 |
| Fusobacterium varium | 3 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 3 |
| Trueperella pyogenes | 3 |
| Acinetobacter johnsonii | 2 |
| Bacillus licheniformis | 2 |
| Bacteroides sp. | 2 |
| Clostridium sp. | 2 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 2 |
| Lactococcus garvieae | 2 |
| Listeria monocytogenes | 2 |
| Peptostreptococcus russellii | 2 |
| Staphylococcus vitulinus | 2 |
| Streptococcus parauberis | 2 |
| Vagococcus fluvialis | 2 |
| Acinetobacter lwoffii | 1 |
| Acinetobacter sp. | 1 |
| Aeromonas sobria | 1 |
| Atopostipes sp. | 1 |
| Bacteroides pyogenes | 1 |
| Clostridium septicum | 1 |
| Clostridium sordellii | 1 |
| Corynebacterium sp. | 1 |
| Gemella | 1 |
| Hafnia alvei | 1 |
| Helcococcus sp. | 1 |
| Jeotgalicoccus sp. | 1 |
| Kurthia gibsonii | 1 |
| Lactococcus sp. | 1 |
| Mannheimia granulomatis | 1 |
| Myroides sp. | 1 |
| Prevotella sp. | 1 |
| Pseudomonas psychrophila | 1 |
| Pseudomonas sp. | 1 |
| Psychrobacter sp. | 1 |
| Psychrobacter sp., Facklamia sp. | 1 |
| Shigella sonnei | 1 |
| Staphylococcus equorum | 1 |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 1 |
| Staphylococcus rostri | 1 |
| Streptococcus dysgalactiae | 1 |
| Streptococcus uberis | 1 |
| Total | 127 |
Sequencing data were available for placenta in 127 of 162 cases. In twin abortions with sequencing data available from both fetuses, both most abundant taxa are listed if not identical.