Table 2 Phyla identified in the conjunctival microbiota of FIV-infected ( n  = 19) and FIV-uninfected ( n  = 13) cats

Firmicutes

0.55

0.43

0.20

Proteobacteria

0.37

0.30

0.37

Actinobacteria

0.0078

0.0057

0.50

Verrucomicrobia

0.0064

0.023

0.0014

Fibrobacteres

0.0056

0.024

0.019

Spirochaetes

0.0010

0.0082

0.026

Bacteroidetes

0.0041

0.012

0.0096

Chlamydiae

0.0015

0.0015

0.54

Fusobacteria

0.00099

0.0015

0.35

Tenericutes

0.00032

0.0022

0.0005

Deinococcus-Thermus

0.00031

0.000048

0.0083

TM7

0.00017

0.00032

0.89

Acidobacteria

0.000090

0.000057

0.53

Synergistetes

0.000038

0.000059

0.34

SR1

0.000033

0.00023

0.52

Deferribacteres

0.0000067

0

0.23

Lentisphaerae

0.0000048

0.00016

0.13

Elusimicrobia

0.0000010

0.00011

0.31

Armatimonadetes

0

0.000005

0.23