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Table 2 Bacterial genera showing significant differences in abundance between individual gastro-intestinal segments, as well as the whole gastro-intestinal tract (GIT), of High- and Low-FEC sheep

From: Bacterial communities in the gastrointestinal tract segments of helminth-resistant and helminth-susceptible sheep

Segment

High-FEC (mean ± SD)

Low-FEC (mean ± SD)

Duodenum

  

 Aminipila

2.8 ± 8.2

49.8 ± 75.2

 Lachnoclostridium

0.2 ± 0.6

4.7 ± 2.6

 Mogibacterium

51.5 ± 40.8

14.8 ± 10.2

Ileum

  

 Mycoplasma

6.1 ± 8.9

0.7 ± 2.2

Whole GIT

  

 Succiniclasticum

10.7 ± 20.3

21.6 ± 36.4

 Lachnoclostridium

0.9 ± 1.8

2.1 ± 4.4

 Butyrivibrio

19 ± 41

38.7 ± 89.8

 Mycoplasma

6.5 ± 36.7

0.3 ± 1

  1. SD: standard deviation