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Table 4 Differentially abundant taxa associated to sex

From: Individual signatures and environmental factors shape skin microbiota in healthy dogs

  

Abdomen

Axilla

Back

Phylum

Family or genus

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Fusobacteria

Fusobacteriales (order)

1.70%

21.45%

1.64%

13.44%

3.54%

9.55%

Fusobacteria

Leptotrichiaceae

0.23%

2.70%

0.24%

3.53%

0.82%

3.00%

Fusobacteria

Sneathia

0.01%

0.34%

0.05%

0.25%

0.21%

0.47%

Fusobacteria

Fusobacterium

NS

NS

1.41%

9.91%

2.72%

6.54%

Actinobacteria

Actinomycetospora

NS

NS

0.00%

0.04%

0.00%

0.15%

Firmicutes

Gemella

0.19%

3.04%

0.51%

1.61%

NS

NS

Firmicutes

Parvimonas

NS

NS

0.16%

1.82%

0.55%

1.15%

Proteobacteria

Brevundimonas

NS

NS

0.00%

0.01%

0.00%

0.01%

SR1

SR1

NS

NS

0.05%

0.19%

0.14%

0.44%

Proteobacteria

Enterobacteriaceae

14.08%

1.31%

7.78%

0.69%

NS

NS

  1. Relative abundances of main taxa found to be differentially distributed (LDA score > 3, p value < 0.05) between males and females in at least two out of the three skin sites affected
  2. NS no significant differences