Table 3 Relative abundance of bacterial phyla to the gut microbiota of omnivorous and herbivorous vertebrates
Species | Diet | Firmicutes | Bacteroidetes | Verrucomicrobia | Spirochaetes | Proteobacteria | Actinobacteria | Other | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Teleosteans | |||||||||
 Acanthurus gahhm1 | Omn/Alg | 29.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 49.4 | 7.7 | 9.1 | Miyake et al. (2015) |
 Naso elegans1 | Herb/Alg | 97.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | Miyake et al. (2015) |
 Naso unicornis1 | Herb/Alg | 83.3 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | Miyake et al. (2015) |
 Siganus stellatus1 | Omn/Alg | 42.3 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 37.2 | 0.0 | 6.4 | Miyake et al. (2015) |
Turtles | |||||||||
 Chelonia mydasa,2 | Omn/Alg | 6.5 | 27.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 60.5 | 0.1 | 5.2 | Price et al. (2017) |
 Chelonia mydasb, 2 | Herb/Seg | 8.3 | 15.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 66.6 | 1.7 | 7.6 | Price et al. (2017) |
 Chelonia mydasc,e,3 | Herb/Alg | 10.8 | 11.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 60.7 | 15.2 | 1.3 | This study |
 Chelonia mydas d,3 | Herb/Alg | 44.8 | 46.6 | 3.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | This study |
 Geochelone nigra3 | Herb/Ter | 81.1 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 11.6 | Hong et al. (2011) |
 Gopherus polyphemus3 | Herb/Ter | 38.4 | 36.9 | 3.0 | 4.4 | < 3.0 | < 3.0 | 7.4 | Yuan et al. (2015) |
Lizards | |||||||||
 Amblyrynchus cristatus3 | Herb/Alg | 75.1 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 14.5 | Hong et al. (2011) |
 Conolophus spp. 3 | Herb/Ter | 63.9 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 29.0 | Hong et al. (2011) |
 Iguana iguana3 | Herb/Ter | 74.0 | 10.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 11.1 | Hong et al. (2011) |
Mammals | |||||||||
 Antidorcas marsupialis3 | Herb/Ter | 75.6 | 24.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Ley et al. (2008) |
 Dugong dugong3 | Herb/Seg | 57.5 | 42.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Eigeland et al. (2012) |
 Gorilla gorilla3 | Herb/Ter | 67.4 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 4.7 | Ley et al. (2008) |
 Loxodonta africana3 | Herb/Ter | 80.5 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 10.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 | Ley et al. (2008) |
 Ovis canadensis3 | Herb/Ter | 64.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 25.8 | 2.4 | Ley et al. (2008) |
 Trichechus manatus3 | Herb/Seg | 77.3 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.8 | Merson et al. (2014) |