Table 2 Families identified to be most significant indicators based on combinations of body sites, which include the indicator value (IV) and p-value for each. (o order, p phylum, c class).

From: The pelvic flexure separates distinct microbial communities in the equine hindgut

Body sites

Family

IV

p-value

Cecum & ventral colon

Synergistales (o)

0.9285

0.0396

Dorsal colon & feces

WCHB1-41 (o)

0.9155

0.0385

Euryarchaeota (p)

0.9451

0.0385

Methanomicrobiales (o)

0.8995

0.0424

Ventral/dorsal colons & feces

Anaerolineae (c)

0.9520

0.0424

Pirellulaceae

0.9616

0.0385