Table 5 Comparison of the dominant genus (average relative abundance ≥1% for at least one treatment) within the rumen. a,bValues in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).

From: Influence of dietary supplementation with Bacillus licheniformis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae as alternatives to monensin on growth performance, antioxidant, immunity, ruminal fermentation and microbial diversity of fattening lambs

Phylum

Genus

Treatments

SEM

P-value

NC

PC

BL

SC

BS

Bacteroidetes

Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group

13.01

13.68

11.40

14.29

15.10

0.53

0.227

Prevotella_1

14.61

9.87

14.31

11.09

13.32

0.86

0.337

Prevotellaceae_UCG-003

4.10

3.57

4.24

3.76

4.79

0.29

0.740

Prevotellaceae_UCG-001

2.30

2.27

2.08

2.24

2.43

0.14

0.967

Firmicutes

Erysipelotrichaceae_UCG-004

2.75

1.805

2.72

2.02

1.61

0.29

0.626

Ruminococcaceae_UCG-010

1.69

1.95

2.19

1.62

1.37

0.14

0.433

Ruminococcaceae_UCG-002

1.37

1.49

1.63

1.79

2.23

0.16

0.467

Eubacterium_coprostanoligenes _group

1.25

1.04

1.03

1.48

1.06

0.10

0.537

Lachnospiraceae_ND3007_group

0.82

0.98

0.83

1.46

0.76

0.12

0.341

Christensenellaceae_R-7_group

0.81

0.86

1.01

1.12

1.03

0.06

0.408

Succiniclasticum

1.03

0.61

0.55

0.70

0.76

0.07

0.190

proteobacteria

Thalassospira

1.46

1.46

0.70

0.84

0.78

0.25

0.784

Firbrobacteres

Fibrobacter

1.57b

1.44b

1.16b

2.84a

1.63b

0.19

0.042

Spirochaetes

Treponema_2

1.71

1.49

1.30

1.32

1.32

0.08

0.493