Table 2 Bacterial genera associated with respiratory infections within each dietary regime based on GLMMs.

From: Diet and gut microbiome enterotype are associated at the population level in African buffalo

Disease

Diet regime

Number of negative and positive samples

Number of genera evaluated

Positively associated genera

Negatively associated genera

Mycoplasma bovis

Restricted

7 positive 155 negative

373

Viridibacillus (est. = 2.74, q = 0.0062)

None

Bovine herpesvirus

Hay/Green Vegetation

193 positive 26 negative

468

Saccharofermentans (est = 0.74,

Domibacillus (est = −2.62, q = 0.013)

    

Clostridioides (est = 35.9, q = 0.013)

Paucisalibacillus (est = −2.312, q = 0.045)

    

Catenisphaera (est = 14.6, q = 0.037)

Pseudoflavonifractor (est = −1.68, q = 0.032)

    

Patulibacter (est = 21.30, q = 0.045) q = 0.032)

 

 Bovine viral diarrhea virus

 Restricted

 41 positive 160 negative

 391

None

Actinobacter (est = −0.53, q = 0.046)

     

Phascolarctobacterium (est = −1.37, q = 0.040)

     

Psychrobacillus (est = −0.66, q = 0.040)

     

Methanocorpusculum (est = −24.4, q = 0.042)

     

DTU089 (est = −4.29, q = 0.017)

     

Ureibacillus (est = −0.74, q = 0.049)