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Table 3 The most abundant operational taxonomic units (OTUs) per niche: (a) supragingival plaque, (b) buccal mucosa, (c) tongue dorsum mucosa and (d) saliva

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 (%)

(a) Supragingival plaque

1431

Filifactor villosus

100.0

77,015

5.16

11,671

Porphyromonas cangingivalis

100.0

72,538

4.86

31,443

unclassified Proteocatella sp. [novel 1]

100.0

63,923

4.28

4989

unclassified Bergeyella sp. [novel 1]

100.0

61,339

4.11

26,919

Peptostreptococcaceae bacterium COT-005/004

100.0

50,964

3.41

30,902

Clostridiales bacterium FOT-072

100.0

50,429

3.38

9772

Peptostreptococcaceae bacterium COT-047

100.0

48,193

3.23

2753

Synergistales bacterium COT-178

100.0

45,641

3.06

12,643

unclassified Capnocytophaga sp. [novel]

100.0

43,829

2.94

28,248

Peptostreptococcaceae bacterium COT-019

100.0

40,047

2.68

1876

unclassified TM7/Saccharibacteria sp. [novel 3]

 

35,634

2.39

30,023

TM7 phylum sp. COT-305

100.0

34,574

2.32

(b) Buccal mucosa

21,524

unclassified Pasteurellaceae sp. [novel 1]

100.0

164,340

12.87

21,526

Conchiformibius steedae [novel 1]

99.77

105,564

8.26

10,354

Conchiformibius sp. COT-286

100.0

47,684

3.73

4989

unclassified Bergeyella sp. [novel 1]

100.0

45,849

3.59

11,671

Porphyromonas cangingivalis

100.0

37,199

2.91

9478

Cloacibacterium sp. COT-320

99.76

36,618

2.87

31,690

unclassified Porphyromonas sp. [novel 1]

100.0

30,684

2.40

14,028

Streptococcus sp. COT-297

100.0

30,222

2.37

12,584

unclassified Moraxella sp. [novel]

99.07

26,517

2.08

9619

Porphyromonas canoris

100.0

26,133

2.05

10,651

Moraxella sp. FOT-350

100.0

24,867

1.95

404

unclassified Abiotrophia sp. [novel]

100.0

24,011

1.88

25,705

Capnocytophaga sp. COT-339

100.0

18,703

1.47

1431

Filifactor villosus

100.0

18,253

1.43

(c) Tongue dorsum mucosa

10,354

Conchiformibius sp. COT-286

100.0

86,824

17.27

15,352

unclassified Conchiformibius sp. [novel 3]

100.0

28,290

5.63

21,524

unclassified Pasteurellaceae [novel 1]

100.0

24,193

4.81

1774

Streptococcus sp. COT-279

100.0

21,251

4.23

4989

unclassified Frederiksenia [novel 1]

100.0

18,416

3.66

25,622

unclassified Frederiksenia [novel 1]

100.0

18,370

3.65

16,272

Conchiformibius sp. COT-289

100.0

17,915

3.56

10,651

Moraxella sp. FOT-350

100.0

17,208

3.42

11,671

Porphyromonas cangingivalis

100.0

15,897

3.16

(d) Saliva

30,042

unclassified Escherichia-Shigella sp. [novel 1]

100.0

95,822

20.46

1382

Streptococcus minor

100.0

72,087

15.40

11,144

unclassified Neisseria sp. [novel 1]

100.0

62,356

13.32

  1. Represent approximately 50% of the total respective sequence reads in each niche. (a) supragingival plaque, (b) buccal mucosa, (c) tongue dorsum mucosa and (d) saliva