Table 2 Relative abundances of phylogenetic groups (at phylum level) in the samples
Phylum | Termite gut | Mound | Savannah soil | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MCG8 | MIG7 | MTG4 | OTG1 | OTN2 | MTN5 | OTS3 | MTS6 | |
Acidobacteria | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | 28.9 | 45.2 | 36.2 |
Actinobacteria | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 34.5 | 39.9 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
Armatimonadetes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
Bacteroidetes | 7.9 | 40.1 | 58.3 | 53.8 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 3.2 |
Candidate division TM7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Candidate division WS3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Chlorobi | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Chloroflexi | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
Cyanobacteria | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Deferribacteres | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elusimicrobia | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fibrobacteres | 13.4 | 0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 |
Firmicutes | 3.1 | 17.5 | 27.5 | 23.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
Gemmatimonadetes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
Nitrospirae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
Planctomycetes | 0 | 0.6 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
Proteobacteria | 1.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 24 | 18.6 | 23.9 | 23.1 |
SM2F11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
Spirochaetes | 70.9 | 36.5 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
Synergistetes | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WCHB1-60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |