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Table 3 Highly discriminative genera for predicting seasons by random forest test

From: Seasonal, spatial, and maternal effects on gut microbiome in wild red squirrels

Genera

Mean % increase in error on removal (± SD)

Relative abundance in early spring/late spring/summer

Oscillospira

21.88 (± 1.22)

2.6%/15.4%/1.4%

Butyricicoccus

11.97 (± 1.33)

0.12%/0.29%/0.03%

Coprococcus

11.92 (± 1.04)

13.0%/6.3%/22.8%

Unclassified Ruminococcaceae

10.40 (± 0.81)

10.3%/9.2%/7.5%

Clostridium

10.26 (± 1.22)

1.9%/5.4%/4.0%

Unclassified Coriobacteriaceae

5.1 (± 0.76)

0.015%/0.05%/0.004%

Faecalibacterium

4.89 (± 0.45)

1.1%/2.0%/1.0%

Ruminococcus

4.44 (± 0.54)

0.7%/1.3%/0.6%

Parabacteroides

4.02 (± 0.49)

0.18%/0.05%/0.14%