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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)

From: Characterization of oral and cloacal microbial communities of wild and rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta)

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

  1. Values represent mean percentage ± SE, with mean values above 2% in bold
  2. ND not detected