Table 3.
Bacterial taxa of loggerhead sea turtle cloacal and oral, and tank water samples classified to the genus (or higher taxonomic level) present at > 2% average relative abundance in at least one sampling site and period category (before or wild and during rehabilitation)
| Bacterial taxa | Cloacal samples | Oral samples | Tank water | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| before (n = 9) | rehabilitated (n = 6) | before (n = 7) | rehabilitated (n = 4) | rehabilitated (n = 3) | |
| Phylum Bacteroidetes | |||||
| Bacteroidales; unclassified | 1.86 ± 0.60 | 2.45 ± 1.07 | 2.21 ± 0.28 | 0.19 ± 0.09 | 0.30 ± 0.24 |
| Bacteroides | 2.09 ± 0.61 | 1.73 ± 0.76 | 0.10 ± 0.10 | ND | 0.13 ± 0.13 |
| Marinifilum | 1.56 ± 0.55 | 4.23 ± 1.87 | 1.37 ± 0.54 | 0.74 ± 0.32 | 0.54 ± 0.37 |
| Rikenellaceae; unclassified | 3.03 ± 1.29 | 1.10 ± 0.73 | 0.14 ± 0.13 | ND | 0.03 ± 0.03 |
| Flavobacteriaceae; unclassified | 2.22 ± 0.88 | 1.94 ± 0.33 | 13.78 ± 2.93 | 11.54 ± 4.45 | 6.79 ± 1.70 |
| Bizionia | ND | 1.29 ± 0.77 | 0.03 ± 0.03 | 11.51 ± 4.27 | 6.25 ± 6.04 |
| Flavobacterium | 0.10 ± 0.05 | 0.84 ± 0.49 | 2.23 ± 2.12 | 2.16 ± 1.07 | 5.70 ± 5.26 |
| Tenacibaculum | 0.39 ± 0.13 | 0.50 ± 0.15 | 3.44 ± 1.96 | 0.81 ± 0.24 | 2.77 ± 2.18 |
| Phylum Kiritimatiellaeota | |||||
| WCHB1-41; unclassified | 15.45 ± 6.13 | 8.56 ± 4.26 | 0.69 ± 0.61 | 0.02 ± 0.02 | 0.03 ± 0.03 |
| Phylum Proteobacteria | |||||
| Rhodobacteraceae; unclassified | 1.69 ± 0.98 | 1.08 ± 0.24 | 8.18 ± 1.63 | 4.45 ± 1.32 | 3.47 ± 1.41 |
| Desulfovibrio | 2.76 ± 0.65 | 1.54 ± 0.59 | 0.37 ± 0.15 | 0.07 ± 0.07 | 0.08 ± 0.08 |
| Gammaproteobacteria; unclassified | 11.03 ± 5.02 | 22.69 ± 6.90 | 13.83 ± 2.50 | 3.33 ± 2.01 | 2.96 ± 2.10 |
| Aeromonadales; unclassified | 0.19 ± 0.19 | 4.74 ± 4.35 | ND | 0.01 ± 0.01 | ND |
| Aeromonas | 3.56 ± 3.46 | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.44 ± 0.44 | ND | 0.03 ± 0.03 |
| Colwellia | 0.21 ± 0.20 | 0.04 ± 0.03 | 0.32 ± 0.18 | 0.81 ± 0.40 | 3.29 ± 2.94 |
| Pseudoalteromonas | 2.16 ± 1.55 | 2.94 ± 1.12 | 1.70 ± 1.04 | 19.52 ± 7.69 | 3.13 ± 2.19 |
| Shewanella | 1.54 ± 0.55 | 7.15 ± 2.07 | 1.76 ± 1.74 | 3.86 ± 2.07 | 0.77 ± 0.68 |
| Halieaceae; unclassified | 0.07 ± 0.06 | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 2.16 ± 0.62 | 1.68 ± 0.92 | 0.02 ± 0.02 |
| Bermanella | ND | ND | ND | ND | 6.20 ± 6.20 |
| Pseudomonas | 0.68 ± 0.33 | 1.63 ± 0.81 | 2.95 ± 2.95 | 5.82 ± 1.99 | 14.10 ± 7.58 |
| Vibrio | 7.24 ± 3.09 | 3.07 ± 1.01 | 1.40 ± 0.50 | 8.43 ± 4.17 | 1.09 ± 0.44 |
| Phylum Spirochaetes | |||||
| Treponema 2 | 3.12 ± 2.29 | 2.22 ± 1.02 | 0.12 ± 0.11 | ND | ND |
Values represent mean percentage ± SE, with mean values above 2% in bold
ND not detected