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Table 1 Most abundant OTUs, their taxonomic assignment at family level and closest type strain in number and % of clones for both clone libraries from captive cheetah faeces

From: Phylogenetic analysis of faecal microbiota from captive cheetahs reveals underrepresentation of Bacteroidetes and Bifidobacteriaceae

OTUa

Bacterial family

Clostridium cluster

Closest type strain

CL-B1 (352 clones)

CL-B2 (350 clones)

OTU-2

Clostridiaceae

I

Clostridium perfringens ATCC 13124T

6 (1.7%)

59 (16.9%)

OTU-3

Clostridiaceae

XI

Clostridium hiranonis TO-931T

48 (13.6%)

138 (39.4%)

OTU-5

Clostridiaceae

XI

Clostridium glycolicum DSM 1288T

1 (0.3%)

14 (4.0%)

OTU-6

Peptococcaceae

n/a

Desulfonispora thiosulfatigenes DSM 11270T

33 (9.4%)

1 (0.3%)

OTU-7

Ruminococcaceae

XIVa

Ruminococcus gnavus ATCC 29149T

69 (19.6%)

20 (5.7%)

OTU-10

Incertae Sedis XIV

XIVa

Blautia hansenii JCM 14655T

36 (10.2%)

19 (5.4%)

OTU-12

Incertae Sedis XIV

XIVa

Blautia glucerasei HFTH-1T

32 (9.1%)

3 (0.9%)

OTU-13

Incertae Sedis XIV

XIVa

Blautia glucerasei HFTH-1T

29 (8.2%)

8 (2.3%)

OTU-17

Coriobacteriaceae

n/a

Collinsella stercoris RCA55-54T

6 (1.7%)

13 (3.7%)

OTU-25

Enterococcaceae

n/a

Enterococcus cecorum ATCC 43198T

31 (8.8%)

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  1. aOTUs which consist of at least ≥ 10 clones in CL-B1 or CL-B2; OTU = operational taxonomic unit; n/a = not applicable.