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Table 1 Distribution of the identified microbiota from the wild naked mole-rats (n = 11)

From: Analysis of cultivable microbiota and diet intake pattern of the long-lived naked mole-rat

Sites

Species

Phylum

(c.f.u./g) in range

Charactersticsa

Colon

Staphylococcus sciuri

Firmicutes

1 × 102–103

Normal flora

Staphylococcus cohnii spp. urealyticus

Firmicutes

1–2 × 103

Normal flora

Staphylococcus arlettae

Firmicutes

3 × 102

Normal flora

Staphylococcus gallinarum

Firmicutes

2 × 102–3 × 103

Normal flora

Staphylococcus hyicus

Firmicutes

3 × 102

Normal flora

Staphylococcus xylosus

Firmicutes

3 × 102

Normal flora

Bacillus megaterium

Firmicutes

0.2–1 × 104

Normal flora

Bacillus subtilus/amyloliquefaciens

Firmicutes

1 × 102

Normal flora

Bacillus pumilus

Firmicutes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Bacillus simplex

Firmicutes

2 × 103

Normal flora

Paenibacillus spp.

Firmicutes

2–3 × 102

Normal flora

Paenibacillus pabuli

Firmicutes

1 × 102

Normal flora

Bacteroides ovatus

Bacteroidetes

1–2 × 103

Normal flora

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Bacteroidetes

1–4 × 105

Normal flora

Parabacteroides distasonis

Bacteroidetes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Bacteroides vulgatus

Bacteroidetes

5 × 105

Normal flora

Kluyvera ascorbata

Proteobacteria

3 × 103

Normal flora

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Proteobacteria

2 × 102

Normal flora

Enterobacter cloacae/asburiae

Proteobacteria

5 × 103–105

Normal flora

Actinomyces viscosus

Actinobacteria

1 × 103

Normal flora

Cecum

Bacillus megaterium

Firmicutes

2–4 × 103

Normal flora

Staphylococcus gallinarum

Firmicutes

0.4–1 × 103

Normal flora

Staphylococcus xylosus

Firmicutes

3 × 102

Normal flora

Staphylococcus sciuri

Firmicutes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Paenibacillus spp.

Firmicutes

0.1–1 × 104

Normal flora

Staphylococcus warneri

Firmicutes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Brevibacillus spp.

Firmicutes

4 × 102

Normal flora

Lysinibacillus fusiformis

Firmicutes

2 × 102

Normal flora

Streptococcus mitis/oralis

Firmicutes

2 × 102

Normal flora

Enterococcus casseliflavus

Firmicutes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Bacteroides ovatus

Bacteroidetes

0.1–1.2 × 104

Normal flora

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Bacteroidetes

0.2–1 × 105

Normal flora

Bacteroides fragilis

Bacteroidetes

2 × 103

Normal flora

Bacteroides vulgatus

Bacteroidetes

1 × 105

Normal flora

Enterobacter cloacae/asburiae

Proteobacteria

0.7–2 × 103

Normal flora

Actinomyces viscosus

Actinobacteria

1 × 102

Normal flora

Rhodococcus rhodochrous

Actinobacteria

1 × 102

Normal flora

Candida tropicalis

Ascomycota

1 × 103

Normal flora

Feces

Lysinibacillus fusiformis

Firmicutes

1 × 102

Normal flora

Bacillus simplex

Firmicutes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Bacillus megaterium

Firmicutes

0.2–3 × 105

Normal flora

Clostridium ramosum

Firmicutes

2 × 102

Normal flora

Staphylococcus sciuri

Firmicutes

1–2 × 103

Normal flora

Staphylococcus cohnii spp. urealyticus

Firmicutes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Staphylococcus arlettae

Firmicutes

1 × 102

Normal flora

Bacteriodes unifromis

Bacteroidetes

3 × 102

Normal flora

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Bacteroidetes

2 × 103

Normal flora

Bacteriodes ovatus

Bacteroidetes

1 × 103

Normal flora

Parabacteroides distasonis

Bacteroidetes

1–3 × 103

Normal flora

  1. a Sources: [1519]