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Table 2 Relative abundance of the most abundant bacterial phyla and species across faecal and litter samples

From: Influence of management practice on the microbiota of a critically endangered species: a longitudinal study of kākāpō chick faeces and associated nest litter

 

Most abundant taxa

Bacterial taxa

Faecal samples (%)

Litter samples (%)

Proteobacteria

73.9

75.1

  Enterobacteriaceae

  

     Escherichia-Shigella coli

57.8

15.9

     Rahnella1 sp.

0.65

5.13

  Rhodanobacteraceae

  

     Rhodanobacter sp.

0.35

5.67

Firmicutes

23.8

1

  Lachnospiraceae

  

     Tyzzerella sp.

7.9

0.21

  Streptococcaceae

  

     Streptococcus gallolyticus

5.6

0.61

  Lactobacillaceae

  

     Lactobacillus gasseri

4.3

0.04

Bacteroidota

1

5.68

Acidobacteriota

0.89

11.1