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Table 1 The 21 most abundant operational taxonomic units

From: The canine oral microbiome: variation in bacterial populations across different niches

OTU

Assigned Taxonomy (Family/Genus/Species)

Percentage identity

Total Number of Sequence Reads

Proportion of total sequence reads (%)

21,524

unclassified Pasteurellaceae sp. [novel 1]

100.0

197,672

5.29

4989

unclassified Bergeyella sp. [novel 1]

100.0

139,841

3.74

10,354

Conchiformibius sp. COT-286

100.0

138,694

3.71

11,671

Porphyromonas cangingivalis

100.0

126,836

3.39

21,526

Conchiformibius steedae [novel 1]

99.77

109,642

2.93

30,042

unclassified Escherichia-Shigella sp. [novel 1]

100.0

100,307

2.68

1431

Filifactor villosus

100.0

99,658

2.66

25,622

unclassified Frederiksenia sp. [novel 1]

100.0

83,649

2.24

11,144

unclassified Neisseria sp. [novel 1]

100.0

79,361

2.12

31,443

unclassified Proteocatella sp. [novel 1]

100.0

75,675

2.02

1382

Streptococcus minor

100.0

75,553

2.02

10,651

Moraxella sp. FOT-350

100.0

74,779

2.00

20,323

Neisseria weaveri

100.0

72,670

1.94

12,643

unclassified Capnocytophaga sp. [novel]

100.0

68,468

1.83

31,690

unclassified Porphyromonas sp. [novel 1]

100.0

66,309

1.77

2753

Synergistales bacterium COT-178

100.0

62,658

1.68

26,919

Peptostreptococcaceae bacterium COT-005/004

100.0

60,786

1.63

30,902

Clostridiales bacterium FOT-072

100.0

60,116

1.61

9772

Peptostreptococcaceae bacterium COT-047

100.0

58,199

1.56

28,248

Peptostreptococcaceae bacterium COT-019

100.0

56,013

1.50

30,023

TM7 phylum sp. COT-305

100.0

53,472

1.43

  1. Present at > 1% of total sequence reads across all the oral niches