Table 2 Summary of core and accessory bacterial phyla in higher and lower termite gut communities present at >1% relative abundance in at least one sample
| Â | Higher | Lower | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phylum a | Prevalence | Relative abundance | Prevalence | Relative abundance | p values |
| Â | % | % (SD) | % | % (SD) | Â |
Bacteroidetes | 100.0 | 6.3 (±5.0) | 100.0 | 41.3 (±24.8) | *** |
Firmicutes | 100.0 | 24.0 (±14.1) | 100.0 | 19.1 (±11.6) | _ |
Spirochaetes | 100.0 | 44.3 (±18.9) | 100.0 | 13.2(±13.0) | *** |
Proteobacteria | 100.0 | 5.5 (±2.7) | 100.0 | 7.5 (±6.5) | _ |
Planctomycetes | 100.0 | 4.3 (±4.4) | 79.1 | 2.3 (±2.6) | _ |
Synergistetes | 95.2 | 3.1 (±3.0) | 95.8 | 1.0 (±0.6) | _ |
Actinobacteria | 92.9 | 1.8 (±1.8) | 87.5 | 2.3 (±2.1) | _ |
Acidobacteria | 90.5 | 2.0 (±1.3) | 45.8 | <1 (±0.8) | *** |
Fibrobacteres | 95.2 | 5.7 (±5.2) | 12.5 | <1 (±1.1) | *** |
Elusimicrobia | 31.0 | <1 (±0.2) | 70.8 | 8.4 (±15.3) | _ |