The core microbiomes of cats fed some raw food contained taxa not as highly prevalent or abundant as cats fed diets that included kibble. Cats fed kibble had a slightly, but significantly greater number of core taxa compared to cats not fed any kibble. Fecal microbiome composition varied with host diet type. While community composition remained relatively stable across different age classes, the number of core taxa present decreased significantly with age. Prevotella, Bacteroides, Collinsella, Blautia, and Megasphaera were the most abundant, and Bacteroides, Blautia, Lachnoclostridium, Sutterella, and Ruminococcus gnavus were the most prevalent. ![]() Thirty core bacterial genera were identified. We used this healthy reference dataset to explore how age, diet, and living environment correlate with fecal microbiome composition. ![]() Here, we present a taxonomically defined fecal microbiome dataset for healthy domestic cats ( Felis catus) fed a range of commercial diets.
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