Table 1 Comparison of the predominant bacteria composition of the four groups in the present study to that of a previous study on the gut microbiome of red-crowned cranes
Project | Predominant bacterial phyla (Top 3) | Predominant bacterial genera (Top 5) |
|---|---|---|
This study | ||
Group 1 | Proteobacteria (56.49%), Firmicutes (35.74%), Bacteroidetes (5.13%) | Escherichia (35.70%), Clostridium_sensu_stricto (14.47%), Cronobacter (8.51%), Bacteroides (5.10%), Enterococcus (4.56%) |
Group 2 | Proteobacteria (75.29%), Firmicutes (12.43%), Bacteroidetes (4.98%) | Escherichia (33.45%), Cronobacter (14.99%), Campylobacter (5.82%), Clostridium_sensu_stricto (5.82%), Bacteroides (4.9%) |
Group 3 | Proteobacteria (62.91%), Firmicutes (22.66%), Fusobacteria (7.14%) | Escherichia (26.24%), Campylobacter (24.41%), Clostridium_sensu_stricto (8.55%), Fusobacterium (7.14%), Megamonas (6.26%) |
Group 4 | Firmicutes (52.87%), Proteobacteria (41.93%), Fusobacteria (4.16%) | Escherichia (18.94%), Campylobacter (16.83%), Megamonas (15.64%), Leuconostoc (8.51%), Faecalibacterium (5.93%) |
Xie et al., 2016 [10] | Firmicutes (62.9 ± 4.8%), Proteobacteria (29.9 ± 4.7%), Fusobacteria (9.6 ± 3.0%) | Enterococcus (19.1 ± 2.1%), Bacillus (12.2 ± 1.5%), Psychrobacter (9.3 ± 1.1%), Lactobacillus (7.4 ± 1.0%), Pseudomonas (5.4 ± 1.7%). |