Ecological Characterization of the Colonic Microbiota of Normal and Diarrheic Dogs

Table 2

Assignment of T-RFLP fragment size classes to bacterial taxa based on data of Nagashima et al. [31].

Fragment class according to Nagashima et al.[31]	Fragment size range (bp)	Predominant genus	Other genera included
BslI 110	110–115	None	Clostridium, Eubacterium, Lactobacillus, Veillonella
BslI 124	125–128	Bifidobacterium	None
BslI 317	316–319	Prevotella	Lactobacillus
BslI 332	326–338	Streptococcus	Bifidobacterium, Clostridium, Eubacterium, Lactobacillus, Prevotella
BslI 370	364–378	Clostridium	Bacteroides, Bifidobacterium, Eubacterium, Lactobacillus, Prevotella
BslI 469	464–473	Bacteroides	Clostridium, Eubacterium, Prevotella
BslI 494	487–502	Clostridium	Eubacterium, Ruminococcus, Streptococcus
BslI 520	513–519	Enterococcus	Clostridium, Eubacterium, Lactobacillus
BslI 657	655–665	Lactobacillus; Streptococcus	Bacteroides, Clostridium, Enterococcus, Eubacterium, Ruminococcus
BslI 749	748–757	Clostridium	Eubacterium, Fusobacterium, Ruminococcus
BslI 853	848–854	Bacteroides	Bacteroides
BslI 919	911–921	Ruminococcus	Enterococcus, Eubacterium
BslI 940	935–941	Escherichia	Clostridium, Eubacterium, Fusobacterium, Ruminococcus
BslI 955	955–960	None	Clostridium, Eubacterium, Ruminococcus