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Table 1 Relative abundance of the Bartonellaceae in the 16S rRNA microbiome of studied host species

From: Expanding our view of Bartonella and its hosts: Bartonella in nest ectoparasites and their migratory avian hosts

Host species

Minimum (%)

Maximum (%)

Mean (%)

Dermanyssus prognephilus

1.55

98.57

18.45

Ceratophyllus idius

0

25

0.91

Protocalliphora sialia

0

1.13

0.13

Purple martin (Progne subis)

0

1.04

0.13

Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

0

0.50

0.22

Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)

0

0.13

0.04

  1. Notes: The mite, Dermanyssus prognephilus has a very high relative abundance of Bartonella compared with the other species. Relative abundances for D. prognephilus are calculated after the exclusion of one sample with a low number of reads (see text)