Supplemental Material
Table S-1. Estimates of body masses of various animal species and sources of estimates of total
number of microbes, with references.
Body mass
(wet weight,
g)
1.40 x 10-6
Total number of
microbes per
individual animal
4.18 x 103
References
This study
nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans
4.75 x 10-6
5.00 x 103
32
hydra, Hydra vulgaris
8.70 x 10-4
2.67 x 104
Sebastian Fraune, 2014
personal communication
Termite, Reticulitermes flavipes
3.00 x 10-3
2.70 x 106
11
planarian, Dugesia tigrina
4.04 x 10-3
4.86 x 105
This study
firebrat, Thermobia domestica
3.00 x 10-2
1.00 x 109
15
Surinam cockroach, Pycnoscelus
suranimensus
4.00 x 10-1
1.49 x 109
15
zebrafis, Danio rerio
4.38 x 10-1
3.07 x 107
This study
cricket, Acheata domestica
4.31 x 10-1
2.25 x 109
15
Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba
4.86 x 10-1
4.60 x 108
31
American cockroach, Periplaneta
americana
8.50 x 10-1
4.32 x 109
15
desert locust, Schistocerca sp.
1.80 x 100
5.3 x 107
15
earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus
1.89 x 100
1.83 x 108
29,30
Madagascar hissing cockroach,
Gromphadorrhina portentosa
9.10 x 100
9.16 x 109
15
leech, Hirudo medicinalis
1.00 x 101
2.00 x 1010
28
mouse
2.50 x 101
1.10 x 1010
16, 22
hamster
1.15 x 102
2.20 x 1011
16, 22, 24
sea cucumber, Apostichopus
japonicus
1.18 x 102
5.42 x 108
25-27
hydrothermal vent tube worm,
2.18 x 102
1.21 x 1011
23
Animal
vinegar eel, Turbatrix aceti
Riftia pachyptila
guinea pig
9.25 x 102
9.00 x 1011
22
duck
2.00 x 103
1.80 x 1011
11
chicken
2.00 x 103
1.80 x 1011
11
dog
1.00 x 104
2.5 x 1013
16, 21
giant sponge, Xestospongia muta
1.00 x 104
8.00 x 1013
20
sheep
6.00 x 104
5.30 x 1014
11
goat
6.00 x 104
5.30 x 1014
11
human
6.20 x 104
7.00 x 1013
11
pig
1.30 x 105
5.20 x 1014
11
cow
4.00 x 105
2.20 x 1015
11
horse
5.00 x 105
1.30 x 1016
16,17
minke whale, Balaenoptera
acutorostrata
4.10 x 106
8.50 x 1015
16, 18, 22
ox
6.60 x 106
2.53 x 1016
16, 17
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Table S-2.
Diversity indices calculated from MG-RAST data.
Animal
Species
MG-RAST
ID
number
animal
wet
weight (g)
Base-pair
count a
Alpha
diversityb
Shannon
-Wiener
Index
Evenness
Simpson
Index
mosquito,
Aedes aegypti
4441733.3
3.0 x 100
1.12 x 107
25.8
2.50
0.429
0.248
448.40
Drosophila
melanogaster
4523275.3
1.00 x 103
2.00 x 106
18.1
2.39
0.635
0.131
47.08
flea, Oropsila
hirsuta
4456086.3
1.00 x 103
1.90 x 105
16.1
2.53
0.592
0.177
72.01
termite,
Nasutitermes
sp.
4442701.3
3.00 x 103
6.15 x 107
711.4
5.26
0.765
0.022
1040.50
Ancistrotermes
cavithorax
4536054.3
3.00 x 103
4.16 x 106
45.0
3.30
0.652
0.090
218.10
Mediterranean
gutless worm,
Olavius
algarvensis
4441115.3
6.64 x 102
8.24 x 105
569.6
5.09
0.880
0.011
422.50
zebrafish,
Danio rerio
4491276.3
4.40 x 101
2.41 x 106
17.6
2.67
0.559
0.127
134.36
green sea
slug, Elysia
chlorotica
4488654.3
5.00 x 100
2.62 x 106
130.7
4.29
0.779
0.024
247.22
mouse
4490253.3
2.50 x 101
5.19 x 105
53.9
3.47
0.766
0.044
95.02
giant snail,
Achatina
fulica
4480501.3
3.20 x 101
3.18 x 108
257.2
3.46
0.487
0.053
1342.9
wood rat,
Neotoma
lepida
4484865.3
2.36 x 102
2.92 x 109
681.1
4.71
0.510
0.062
10172.0
chicken
4440283.3
2.00 x 103
2.87 x 107
107.3
2.62
0.383
0.303
1000.7
trout
4524562.3
5.00 x 103
1.57 x 108
15.7
2.31
0.387
0.329
407.00
common carp
4449604.3
8.00 x 103
5.16 x 106
26.0
2.43
0.418
0.253
185.90
striped bass
4441695.3
9.50 x 103
4.76 x 106
136.7
3.82
0.590
0.066
711.00
Chao 1
Index
termite,
3
turkey
4507782.3
1.00 x 104
1.62 x 106
94.2
3.71
0.713
0.050
227.00
dog
4444703.3
1.00 x 104
1.81 x 108
161.9
3.11
0.450
0.200
1040.5
python,
Python
bivittatus
4456431.3
4.54 x 104
3.79 x 105
52.2
3.03
0.680
0.100
91.25
human
4448044.3
6.20 x 104
1.90 x 109
439.3
4.28
0.565
0.056
2513.3
cow
4441681.3
4.00 x 105
3.30 x 107
172.4
3.78
0.551
0.146
1033.9
a MG-RAST
post-quality-control total base-pair count
Alpha diversity as calculated by MG-RAST is the antilog of the Shannon-Wiener index. It
has units of number of species.
b
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