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Table 1 Microbial indicators for different animal (sub-)orders and their combination

From: Unraveling differences in fecal microbiota stability in mammals: from high variable carnivores and consistently stable herbivores

(sub-)order

Number of indicator species

Canoidea

10

Feloidea

6

Perissodactyla

43

Ruminantia

16

Canoidea + Feloidea

18

Perissodactyla + Ruminantia

42

Canoidea + Perissodactyla

1

Canoidea + Ruminantia

3

Feloidea + Perissodactyla

2

Canoidea + Feloidea + Perissodactyla

3

Canoidea + Feloidea + Ruminantia

6

Canoidea + Perissodactyla + Ruminantia

4

Feloidea + Perissodactyla + Ruminantia

2

  1. Indicators were assigned at microbial family level