Table 1 Description of samples used in this study

From: Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish

Sample name

Common and scientific name of host

Environment

Location

Water habitat a

Sample site

Strain

No. b

Age

Collection date

Reference

D.rerio.India.1

Zebrafish (Danio rerio, superorder Ostariophysi, order Cypriniformes)

Recently-caught

River Shutunga, West Bengal, India

F

Whole intestinal contents

20

Adult

11-Nov-2006

This study

D.rerio.UW.1

Zebrafish (Danio rerio, superorder Ostariophysi, order Cypriniformes)

Conventional lab aquaculture

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

F

Whole intestinal contents

AB-wp

4

Adult (12 months)

13-Nov-2006

This study

D.rerio.UNC.1

Zebrafish (Danio rerio, superorder Ostariophysi, order Cypriniformes)

Conventional lab aquaculture

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

F

Whole intestinal contents

SJA

6

Adult (7 months)

5-Dec-2008

This study

D.rerio.WU.1

Zebrafish (Danio rerio, superorder Ostariophysi, order Cypriniformes)

Conventional lab aquaculture

Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA

F

Whole intestinal contents

C32

9

Adult (8 months)

2-May-2005

Rawls et al., 2006

D.rerio.WU.2

Zebrafish (Danio rerio, superorder Ostariophysi, order Cypriniformes)

Conventional lab aquaculture

Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA

F

Whole intestinal contents

C32

9

Adult (9 months)

2-May-2005

Rawls et al., 2006

D.rerio.ZIRC.1

Zebrafish (Danio rerio, superorder Ostariophysi, order Cypriniformes)

Conventional lab aquaculture

Zebrafish Intl. Resource Center, Eugene, OR, USA

F

Whole intestinal contents

AB

9

Adult (9 months)

2-May-2005

This study

D.rerio.UO.1

Zebrafish (Danio rerio, superorder Ostariophysi, order Cypriniformes)

Conventional lab aquaculture

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA

F

Whole intestinal contents

AB

9

Adult (7 months)

2-May-2005

This study

P.fulvidraco

Yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, superorder Ostariophysi, order Siluriformes)

Wild

Niushan Lake, Hubei, China

F

Whole intestinal contents

50

Adult

Wu et al., 2010

A.nigricans

Whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans, superorder Acanthopterygii, order Perciformes)

Wild

Palmyra Atoll, USA

M

Distal intestinal contents

6

Adult

Smriga et al., 2010

L.bohar

Two-spotted red snapper (Lutjanus bohar, superorder Acanthopterygii, order Perciformes)

Wild

Palmyra Atoll, USA

M

Distal intestinal contents

5

Adult

Smriga et al., 2010

C.sordidus

Daisy parrotfish (Chlorurus sordidus, superorder Acanthopterygii, order Perciformes)

Wild

Palmyra Atoll, USA

M

Feces

5

Adult

Smriga et al., 2010

C.aceratus

Blackfin icefish (Chaenocephalus aceratus, superorder Acanthopterygii, order Perciformes)

Wild

Dallmann Bay, Antarctica

M

Foregut wall

1

Adult

Ward et al., 2009

N.coriiceps

Black rockcod (Notothenia coriiceps, superorder Acanthopterygii, order Perciformes)

Wild

Dallmann Bay, Antarctica

M

Foregut wall

1

Adult

Ward et al., 2009

T.niphobles

Grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles, superorder Acanthopterygii, order Tetraodontiformes)

Wild

Shizuoka, Japan

M

Whole intestinal contents

5

Adult

Shiina et al., 2006

M.musculus

Mouse (Mus musculus)

Conventional lab housing

Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA

N/A

Cecum

Swiss-Webster

3

Adult

Rawls et al., 2006

H.sapiens

Human (Homo sapiens)

Wild

N/A

Feces

1

Adult

Ley et al., 2008

  1. Abbreviations: F, freshwater; M, marine.
  2. aThe fish was collected from freshwater or marine habitats.
  3. bThe number of individual animals included in each sample set.