Table 3 Metagenomic-based Operational Taxonomic Units (mOTUs) associated with CH4 mitigation, H2 production and ethanol concentration as identified by Spearman’s Rank correlation coefficient (Rs) (data from main experiment).
From: The rumen microbiome inhibits methane formation through dietary choline supplementation
Taxonomy | mOTUa | Spearman Rs | P-value | BH padj | % average abundance |
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mOTUs negatively associated with CH4 production | |||||
Megasphaera elsdenii | ref_mOTU_v25_01516 | − 0.743 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 6.246 |
Denitrobacterium detoxificans | ref_mOTU_v25_06442 | − 0.683 | < 0.001 | 0.00205 | 0.098 |
Denitrobacterium detoxificans | rumen_mOTU_2272 | − 0.674 | < 0.001 | 0.00235 | 0.078 |
unknown Lachnospiraceae | rumen_mOTU_727 | − 0.640 | < 0.001 | 0.00456 | 0.239 |
Lachnospira multipara/pectinoschiza | ref_mOTU_v25_03833 | − 0.617 | 0.00133 | 0.00695 | 0.938 |
Streptococcus equinus | ref_mOTU_v25_00901 | − 0.540 | 0.00651 | 0.024 | 5.877 |
Lactobacillus ruminis | ref_mOTU_v25_01239 | − 0.535 | 0.00711 | 0.026 | 1.608 |
Streptococcus sp. | ref_mOTU_v25_00902 | − 0.487 | 0.016 | 0.046 | 0.107 |
mOTUs positively associated with H2 production | |||||
Enterococcus gallinarum/saccharolyticus | ref_mOTU_v25_03214 | 0.751 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 4.062 |
Streptococcus sp. | ref_mOTU_v25_00902 | 0.740 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 0.107 |
Streptococcus equinus | ref_mOTU_v25_00901 | 0.716 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 5.877 |
Enterococcus avium | ref_mOTU_v25_02620 | 0.706 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 6.564 |
Pseudomonas mendocina | ref_mOTU_v25_00237 | 0.700 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 0.008 |
Clostridium botulinum/sporogenes | ref_mOTU_v25_01616 | 0.699 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 0.003 |
Enterococcus sp. | ref_mOTU_v25_02783 | 0.688 | < 0.001 | 0.020 | 0.575 |
Pseudomonas sp. | ref_mOTU_v25_00235 | 0.671 | < 0.001 | 0.022 | 0.029 |
Pseudomonas guguanensis/mendocina | ref_mOTU_v25_00238 | 0.640 | < 0.001 | 0.026 | 0.211 |
unknown Alkaliphilus | rumen_mOTU_765 | 0.598 | 0.00202 | 0.039 | 3.506 |
Proteobacteria sp. | ref_mOTU_v25_00095 | 0.580 | 0.00299 | 0.043 | 0.003 |
unknown Clostridiales | rumen_mOTU_24 | 0.568 | 0.00378 | 0.048 | 0.029 |
unknown Clostridium_J | rumen_mOTU_2237 | 0.565 | 0.004 | 0.049 | 0.023 |
Streptococcus sp. | ref_mOTU_v25_00900 | 0.565 | 0.00401 | 0.049 | 0.015 |
unknown Methanobrevibacter | rumen_mOTU_404 | 0.563 | 0.00418 | 0.049 | 0.015 |
mOTUs positively associated with ethanol concentration | |||||
Megasphaera elsdenii | ref_mOTU_v25_01516 | 0.949 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 5.047 |
Lachnospira multipara/pectinoschiza | ref_mOTU_v25_03833 | 0.812 | < 0.001 | 0.016 | 0.665 |
Denitrobacterium detoxificans | rumen_mOTU_2272 | 0.784 | < 0.001 | 0.031 | 0.410 |
Denitrobacterium detoxificans | ref_mOTU_v25_06442 | 0.778 | < 0.001 | 0.031 | 0.000 |
unknown Lachnospiraceae | rumen_mOTU_727 | 0.773 | < 0.001 | 0.032 | 0.197 |
Selenomonas ruminantium | ref_mOTU_v25_04318 | 0.755 | < 0.001 | 0.042 | 0.024 |
Streptococcus sp. | ref_mOTU_v25_00902 | 0.746 | < 0.001 | 0.046 | 0.065 |