Table 1 Presence of dominant microbiota in the ceca of chicken

Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Proteobacteria (> 90%) Peptostreptococcus, Propionibacterium, Eubacterium, Bacteroides, and Clostridium

Wei et al. [25]

13 phyla and 117 genera

> 900 species-equivalent OTUs, defined at 0.03 phylogenetic distance

Blautia, Faecalibacterium, and Anaerotruncus (dominant in the reused litter)

Escherichia/Shigella, Lactobacillus, Bacteroides, and Subdoligranulum (dominant in the fresh litter)

Wang et al. [98]

133 OTUs within 41 genera considered

Genera differed between the fresh and reused litter for the cecal digesta samples. More abundance in d 10 than d 35

10% previously known species, 35% previously known genus but unknown species, and 55% unknown genus

Apajalahti et al. [12]

> 640 species from 140 genera

Consider bacterial community rather than talking about individual species.

Clostridiaceaen (65%), Fusobacterium (14%), Lactobacillus (8%) and Bacteroides (5%)

Albazaz and Bal [26]

Clostridium leptum (20%), Clostridium coccoides (27%), Sporomusa sp. (21%), and Gamma Proteobacteria groups (20%), Atopobium (3.6%), Bacteroides (2%), and Bifidobacteria (1%)

Zhu et al. [2]

Microbiota from ceca of mature birds fed standard commercial diet

Lachnospiraceae (47%), Ruminococcaceae (19%), Bifidobacterium (10%), Lactobacillus (10%), Coriobacteriaceae (7%), Bacteroides (2%) and others (5%)

Apajalahti and Vienola [43]

Average cecal microbiota composition of commercial broiler chicken farms

Bacteroidetes (> 18%), Tenericutes and Proteobacteria (1%–5%) and at family level Ruminococcaceae, Bacteroidaceae, uncultured Clostridiales, and Streptococcaceae

Witzig et al. [99]

Microbiota present in ceca

Fusobacterium prausnitzii, Ruminococci, Clostridia and E. cecorum

Gong et al. [20]

Present in cecal mucosa