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Table 3 Oral bacterial genera (relative abundance, %) present in plaque (supragingival and subgingival plaque) and saliva samples from healthy adult dogs

From: Microbiota populations in supragingival plaque, subgingival plaque, and saliva habitats of adult dogs

 

Source

Statistics

Genera

Saliva

(n = 26)

Subgingival

(n = 25)

Supragingival

(n = 26)

SEM

P-values

Actinomyces

1.8b

1.8b

3.1a

0.245

< 0.0001

Corynebacterium

0.4c

2.6b

4.5a

0.590

< 0.0001

Leucobacter

0.1b

0.4b

1.6a

0.155

< 0.0001

Euzebya

0.3z

0.5y

0.6x

0.069

0.0008

Bacteroides

1.0a

0.7b

1.1ab

0.137

0.0453

Paludibacter

0.1c

0.5a

0.3b

0.053

< 0.0001

Parabacteroides

0.3a

0.1b

0.2ab

0.040

0.0015

Porphyromonas

23.1a

22.6a

16.4b

1.341

< 0.0001

Tannerella

0.3b

0.6a

0.5a

0.039

< 0.0001

Prevotella

8.3a

1.5b

2.1b

0.459

< 0.0001

Capnocytophaga

0.2c

0.5b

0.9a

0.099

< 0.0001

Bergeyella

0.3c

0.5b

2.0a

0.204

< 0.0001

SHD-231

0.9a

0.3b

0.4b

0.139

0.0016

Streptococcus

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.070

0.2643

Clostridium

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.017

0.6114

Catonella

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.052

0.7442

Peptococcus

1.3a

2.3a

0.6b

0.239

< 0.0001

Filifactor

0.6b

1.3a

0.7b

0.102

< 0.0001

Peptostreptococcus

0.2b

0.4a

0.1c

0.059

< 0.0001

Proteocatella

0.1b

0.8a

0.5a

0.111

< 0.0001

Oscillospira

0.4ab

0.5a

0.1b

0.096

0.0094

Schwartzia

0.04b

0.16a

0.06a

0.019

< 0.0001

Fusibacter

1.6b

3.3a

2.0b

0.205

< 0.0001

Anaerovorax

0.1z

0.3x

0.2y

0.033

< 0.0001

Helcococcus

0.2a

0.1b

0.1b

0.031

< 0.0001

Parvimonas

0.5a

0.5a

0.2b

0.098

< 0.0001

p-75-a5

0.2a

0.1b

0.2a

0.029

< 0.0001

Fusobacterium

6.3b

7.7a

4.6c

0.599

0.0002

Leptotrichia

0.04b

0.95a

0.17b

0.139

< 0.0001

Lautropia

0.1b

0.2b

0.7a

0.107

< 0.0001

Lampropedia

0.5b

0.7b

2.4a

0.201

< 0.0001

Neisseria

0.8b

2.3a

2.5a

0.332

< 0.0001

Propionivibrio

0.1b

0.1ab

0.2a

0.021

0.0049

Desulfobulbus

0.1c

0.5b

1.6a

0.197

< 0.0001

Desulfomicrobium

0.7z

2.5x

1.5y

0.213

< 0.0001

Desulfovibrio

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.094

0.2526

Arcobacter

2.8a

1.2b

2.4a

0.560

0.0031

Campylobacter

2.5a

2.5a

1.5b

0.186

< 0.0001

Wolinella

0.8

0.7

0.4

0.130

0.2005

Pasteurella

0.7a

0.4b

0.8a

0.093

< 0.0001

Enhydrobacter

3.7b

3.0b

6.5a

0.536

< 0.0001

Moraxella

2.8b

3.3b

7.2a

0.637

< 0.0001

Treponema

6.9x

5.6y

1.3z

0.517

< 0.0001

TG5

0.3z

1.1x

0.6y

0.110

< 0.0001

Acholeplasma

2.6a

0.2b

0.1c

0.186

< 0.0001

  1. a−cMeans with different superscripts within a row differ by Tukey’s test (p < 0.05)
  2. w−zMeans with different superscripts within a row differ by Wilcoxon’s test ( < 0.05)