Table 2 Relative abundance of the 35 most common bacterial species of the five samples of Rhipicephalus microplus

Streptococcus pneumoniae

0.1196310

0.1215607

0.1235076

0.1039026

0.1119861

Mycobacterium malmesburyense

0.1181283

0.1184928

0.1255925

0.1030581

0.1127683

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

0.0969749

0.0982932

0.0960091

0.0984723

0.0972878

Enterococcus faecium

0.0416463

0.0417757

0.0443746

0.0365036

0.0396334

Shigella sonnei

0.0427119

0.0430214

0.0437496

0.0366385

0.0399201

Enterococcus faecalis

0.0343390

0.0344909

0.0351445

0.0294956

0.0319857

Lactobacillus casei

0.0231117

0.0234679

0.0229566

0.0194934

0.0209869

Brachyspira hampsonii

0.0193290

0.0188721

0.0213881

0.0169518

0.0187922

Pseudomonas syringae

0.0183325

0.0185135

0.0198217

0.0162424

0.0176270

Enterobacter cloacae

0.0168716

0.0175321

0.0193554

0.0162633

0.0177204

Lactococcus garvieae

0.0125082

0.0123325

0.0126887

0.0109034

0.0121182

Solemya velum gill symbiont

0.0050665

0.0044121

0.0010743

0.0113297

0.0069088

Bacillus obstructivus

0.0093129

0.0092661

0.0101419

0.0082177

0.0090449

Campylobacter jejuni

0.0084139

0.0085832

0.0083415

0.0073301

0.0079475

Rickettsia endosymbiont

0.0032815

0.0028788

0.0006970

0.0073949

0.0044852

Lactobacillus plantarum

0.0013561

0.0016254

0.0014914

0.0068720

0.0014044

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

0.0059176

0.0065282

0.0060945

0.0052200

0.0055256

Escherichia coli

0.0030110

0.0026547

0.0008087

0.0064927

0.0039222

Neisseria polysaccharea

0.0062392

0.0064022

0.0061740

0.0052582

0.0056720

Ehrlichia minasensis

0.0019209

0.0016806

0.0003970

0.0043562

0.0025865

Brachyspira hyodysenteriae

0.0031406

0.0032647

0.0032565

0.0027490

0.0030561

Candidatus Nephrothrix sp. EaCA

0.0013131

0.0011206

0.0002492

0.0028623

0.0017245

Bacillus sp. VT-16–64

0.0017523

0.0017518

0.0018561

0.0014193

0.0016021

Eggerthia catenaformis

0.0015535

0.0015911

0.0016787

0.0013054

0.0014979

Bacillus cereus

0.0013887

0.0011124

0.0015785

0.0009201

0.0014289

Bacterium 2013Ark19i

0.0006967

0.0006075

0.0001450

0.0015662

0.0009566

Lactobacillus rhamnosus

0.0012846

0.0012983

0.0014517

0.0012424

0.0012509

Clostridioides difficile

0.0011013

0.0011726

0.0012640

0.0010050

0.0010989

Candidatus Entotheonella sp. TSY2

0.0005071

0.0004457

0.0001062

0.0011905

0.0006818

Wolbachia endosymbiont

0.0008269

0.0007424

0.0001854

0.0019281

0.0011074

Solemya pervernicosa gill symbiont

0.0004455

0.0004001

0.0000882

0.0010461

0.0006319

Rickettsia amblyommatis

0.0004077

0.0003603

0.0000835

0.0009656

0.0005706

Flavobacterium sp. JRM

0.0001648

0.0001505

0.0000356

0.0004114

0.0002374

Epulopiscium sp. SCG-C07WGA-EpuloA2

0.0001750

0.0001522

0.0000373

0.0003862

0.0002485