This study was conducted to analyze the diversity census of fecal microbiome in horses using meta-analysis of equine 16S rRNA gene sequences that are available in the Ribosomal Database Project (RDP; Release 11, Update 5). The search terms used were “horse feces (or faeces)” and “equine feces (or faeces)”. A total of 842 sequences of equine feces origin were retrieved from the RDP database, where 744 sequences were assigned to 10 phyla placed within Domain Bacteria. Firmicutes (n = 391) and Bacteroidetes (n = 203) were the first and the second dominant phyla, respectively, followed by Verrucomicrobia (n = 58), Proteobacteria (n = 30) and Fibrobacteres (n = 24). Clostridia (n = 319) was the first dominant class placed within Bacteroidetes while Bacteroidia (n = 174) was the second dominant class placed within Bacteroidetes. The remaining 98 sequences were assigned to phylum Euryarchaeota placed within Domain Archaea, where 74 sequences were assigned to class Methanomicrobia. The current results will improve understanding of the diversity of fecal microbiome in horses and may be used to further analyze equine fecal microbiome in future studies.

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• 이슬(국립축산과학원 영양생리팀) | Seul Lee (Animal Nutrition & Physiology Team, National Institute of Animal Science, Wanju 55365, Korea)
• 김민석(전남대학교 농업생명과학대학 동물자원학부) | Minseok Kim (Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea) Corresponding author