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Table 2 Frequency of microbes in colon, cecum and feces of the naked mole-rats

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

Species

Number of positive isolates (% isolation frequency)

Colon (n = 10)

Cecum (n = 11)

Feces (n = 10)

Total

Bacillus megaterium

5 (50)

5 (45.5)

4 (40)

14 (45.2)

Staphylococcus sciuri

2 (20)

1 (9.1)

2 (20)

5 (16.1)

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

2 (20)

3 (27.3)

1 (10)

6 (19.4)

Bacillus simplex

1 (10)

0 (0)

1 (10)

2 (6.5)

Staphylococcus gallinarum

2 (20)

2 (18.2)

0 (0)

4 (12.9)

Lysinibacillus fusiformis

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

1 (10)

2 (6.5)

Paenibacillus spp.

3 (30)

2 (18.2)

0 (0)

5 (16.1)

Staphylococcus cohnii spp. urealyticus

2 (20)

0 (0)

1 (10)

3 (9.7)

Enterobacter cloacae/asburiae

2 (20)

2 (18.2)

0 (0)

4 (12.9)

Bacteroides ovatus

1 (10)

2 (18.2)

2 (20)

5 (16.1)

Actinomyces viscosus

1 (10)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

2 (6.5)

Parabacteroides distasonis

1 (10)

0 (0)

2 (20)

3 (9.7)

Bacteroides vulgatus

1 (10)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

2 (6.5)

Staphylococcus xylosus

1 (10)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

2 (6.5)

Clostridium ramosum

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (10)

1 (3.2)

Bacteroides fragilis

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Staphylococcus arlettae

1 (10)

0 (0)

1 (10)

2 (6.5)

Brevibacillus spp.

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Staphylococcus hyicus

1 (10)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Rhodococcus rhodochrous

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Bacteroides unifromis

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (10)

1 (3.2)

Staphylococcus warneri

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Enterococcus casseliflavus

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Bacillus subtilus/amyloliquefaciens

1 (10)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Bacillus pumilus

1 (10)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1 (10)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Kluyvera ascorbata

1 (10)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Streptococcus mitis/oralis

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)

Candida tropicalis

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

1 (3.2)