Table 1 Relative abundance of the most abundant phyla at Day 1 (pooled data of all Day 1 samples), Day 1 for birds assigned the insect diet (ID), Day 1 for birds assigned the seed diet (SD), and birds after the insect diet and the seed diet.

From: Diet induces parallel changes to the gut microbiota and problem solving performance in a wild bird

Phylum

Day 1

Day 1 (ID)

Day1 (SD)

Insect diet

Seed diet

Proteobacteria

51.0% ± 5.3

50.9% ± 7.3

51.0% ± 8.0

76.0% ± 7.9

53.8% ± 8.3

Cyanobacteria

21.0% ± 4.0

14.1% ± 3.1

29.6% ± 7.8

0.3% ± 0.1

14.5% ± 4.6

Firmicutes

9.4% ± 2.0

10.5% ± 3.5

8.2% ± 0.03

11% ± 7.1

10.4% ± 4.5

Tenericutes

7.8% ± 3.3

10.7% ± 5.7

4.2% ± 2.7

7.0% ± 3.1

15.8% ± 5.8

Actinobacteria

3.5% ± 1.3

3.4% ± 2.1

3.6% ± 1.5

2.1% ± 1.0

1.3% ± 0.3

Bacteroidetes

0.5% ± 0.1

0.5% ± 0.1

0.4% ± 0.2

2.3% ± 0.8

1.6% ± 1.1

Others

6.6% ± 0.2

9.8% ± 6.1

2.9% ± 2.1

1.4% ± 0.1

2.6% ± 1.1

  1. Figures represent means and standard errors.