Table 2 Relative abundance of bacterial genera among transgenic and non-transgenic maize

Bacterialphyla (or Proteobacteria classes)

Genera

non-Bt [C]

MON810 [M]

TC1507 [T]

Acidobacteria

Unclassified Holophagae

0.54%

-

-

Actinobacteria

Unclassified Acidimicrobineae

0.54%

-

-

Unclassified Frankineae

-

0.63%

-

Unclassified Micrococcineae

0.54%

1.27%

1.00%

Unclassified Micromonosporineae

1.07%

-

-

Unclassified Propionibacterineae

-

0.63%

0.50%

Unclassified Pseudonocardineae

0.54%

-

-

Unclassified Streptomycineae

-

-

0.50%

Unclassified Streptosporangineae

0.54%

-

-

Unclassified Rubrobacteridae

0.54%

-

-

Unclassified Conexibacteraceae

0.54%

0.63%

-

Bacteroidetes

Chryseobacterium

-

-

0.50%

Flavobacterium

-

-

0.50%

Chloroflexi

unclassified SHA-26

-

0.63%

-

Cyanobacteria

Chloroplast

-

-

0.50%

Firmicutes

Paenibacillus

-

1.90%

-

Lactococcus

-

-

0.50%

Gemmatimonadetes

unclassified S0134

-

-

0.50%

Alphaproteobacteria

Ochrobactrum

-

-

0.50%

Ancylobacter

0.54%

-

-

Pedomicrobium

0.54%

-

-

Phyllobacterium

-^a

2.54%^b

0.50%^a

Rhizobium

-^a

-^a

7.51%^b

Parvibaculum

0.54%

-

-

Shinella_genera_incertae_sedis

-

-

0.50%

Paracraurococcus

-

0.63%

-

unclassified MND8

0.54%

-

-

Betaproteobacteria

Achromobacter

32.64%^a

36.12%^a

13.51%^b

Bordetella

1.61%

1.27%

1.00%

GKS98

1.61%

1.90%

0.50%

Pusillimonas

0.54%

-

-

Uncultured Alcaligenaceae

2.68%

1.27%

1.00%

Burkholderia

11.24%

15.84%

18.52%

Limnobacter

-

-

1.00%

Caenimonas

-

-

0.50%

Comamonas

-

-

0.50%

Inhella

-

1.27%

-

Duganella

-

0.63%

-

Herbaspirillum

-

-

2.00%

Massillia

-

-

0.50%

Naxibacter

0.54%

2.53%

0.50%

Silvimonas

1.61%

0.63%

-

Gammaproteobacteria

Enterobacter

1.07%^a

1.90%^a

23.02%^b

Acinetobacter

0.54%

-

2.50%

Pseudomonas

-

-

1.50%

Aspromonas

0.54%

-

-

Lysobacter

0.54%

-

-

Rhodanobacter

0.54%

-

-

Stenotrophomonas

37.45%^a

27.88%^ab

20.02%^b