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Table 1 OTU distribution of clones between individual alpaca animals

From: Molecular analysis of methanogenic archaea in the forestomach of the alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

OTU

Nearest Valid Taxa

% Seq. Identity

Alpaca 4

Alpaca 5

Alpaca 6

Alpaca 8

Alpaca 9

Total Clones

1

Mbr. ruminantium

98.8

29

22

13

54

21

139

2

Mbr. millerae

98.1

27

15

49

12

7

110

3

Mbr. millerae

98.3

20

35

26

19

9

109

4

Mbr. millerae

99.0

33

1

16

4

55

109

5

Mbr. millerae

98.5

16

13

21

17

15

82

6

Mbr. gottschalkii

97.8

2

35

13

5

2

57

7

Mba. alcaliphilum

96.8

8

21

6

7

13

55

8

Mbr. millerae

97.9

2

0

4

31

5

42

9

Mbr. millerae

97.9

10

4

4

11

2

31

10

Mbr. millerae

99.8

4

1

12

0

14

31

11

Mbr. smithii

98.1

5

9

3

4

4

25

12

Mbr. millerae

97.9

0

19

3

0

2

24

13

Msp. stadtmanae

96.4

3

3

0

2

9

17

14

Mbr. smithii

98.0

6

1

4

5

0

16

15

Apr. boonei

82.3

0

0

9

0

0

9

16

Mbr. ruminantium

96.4

3

2

1

0

1

7

17

Mbr. millerae

98.7

3

0

2

0

2

7

18

Apr. boonei

82.5

0

0

1

1

4

6

19

Mba. alcaliphilum

95.5

1

1

2

1

0

5

20

Mba. alcaliphilum

96.5

0

4

1

0

0

5

21

Mbr. olleyae

96.7

0

1

0

3

1

5

22

Msp. stadtmanae

96.5

0

0

1

4

0

5

23

Mbr. millerae

97.2

1

0

1

2

0

4

24

Mba. alcaliphilum

96.9

1

0

0

0

3

4

25

Mbr. ruminantium

98.4

0

1

1

0

1

3

26

Mbr. ruminantium

97.7

0

2

1

0

0

3

27

Mbr. smithii

97.3

0

1

1

1

0

3

28

Apr. boonei

82.6

0

0

2

1

0

3

29

Mbr. millerae

97.3

2

0

0

0

0

2

30

Mbr. millerae

97.8

2

0

0

0

0

2

31

Apr. boonei

81.6

0

2

0

0

0

2

32

Mbr. ruminantium

97.5

0

1

0

1

0

2

33

Mbr. ruminantium

97.2

0

1

0

0

1

2

34

Mbr. ruminantium

95.6

0

0

1

1

0

2

35

Apr. boonei

81.7

0

0

1

0

1

2

36

Mbr. gottschalkii

96.4

0

0

0

0

2

2

37

Mbr. gottschalkii

96.7

1

0

0

0

0

1

38

Apr. boonei

80.9

0

1

0

0

0

1

39

Mbr. ruminantium

96.4

0

1

0

0

0

1

40

Mbr. ruminantium

94.8

0

1

0

0

0

1

41

Mbr. wolinii

95.8

0

1

0

0

0

1

42

Mbr. millerae

97.2

0

0

1

0

0

1

43

Mbr. ruminantium

96.8

0

0

1

0

0

1

44

Mbr. olleyae

96.7

0

0

0

1

0

1

45

Mbr. smithii

97.5

0

0

0

1

0

1

46

Mbr. millerae

96.2

0

0

0

1

0

1

47

Msp. stadtmanae

95.7

0

0

0

0

1

1

48

Apr. boonei

81.7

0

0

0

0

1

1

49

Mbr. millerae

96.1

0

0

0

0

1

1

50

Mbr. millerae

97.3

0

0

0

0

1

1

51

Mbr. millerae

95.4

0

0

0

0

1

1

Total

  

179

199

201

189

179

947

  1. Apr. = Aciduliprofundum; Mba. = Methanobacterium; Mbr. = Methanobrevibacter; Msp. = Methanosphaera.