Table 3 Differentially abundant bacteria genus in the rumen digesta of high- low-RFI groups for Angus, Charolais and Kinsella breeds.

From: Multi-breed host rumen epithelium transcriptome and microbiome associations and their relationship with beef cattle feed efficiency

Genus

Mean (± SD) HRFI

Mean (± SD) LRFI

t

P-value

Breed

Bacteroidales RF16 uncultured rumen bacterium

0.026 (± 0.017)

0.079 (± 0.055)

− 2.618

0.029

Angus

Ruminococcus 1

0.045 (± 0.013)

0.025 (± 0.016)

2.742

0.017

Angus

Clostridiales vadin BB60 uncultured rumen bacterium

0.006 (± 0.011)

0.032 (± 0.02)

− 3.270

0.008

Charolais

Clostridiales Family XIII uncultured

0.008 (± 0.015)

0.031 (± 0.02)

− 2.637

0.021

Charolais

Prevotellaceae UCG-001

0.104 (± 0.025)

0.071 (± 0.029)

2.490

0.026

Charolais

Oribacterium

0.092 (± 0.035)

0.06 (± 0.018)

2.300

0.043

Charolais

Erysipelotrichaceae UCG-004

0.07 (± 0.019)

0.106 (± 0.04)

− 2.305

0.044

Charolais

Papillibacter

0.072 (± 0.035)

0.123 (± 0.032)

− 3.013

0.009

Kinsella

Ruminococcus 1

0.372 (± 0.093)

0.257 (± 0.038)

3.225

0.010

Kinsella

Prevotellaceae UCG-001

0.132 (± 0.043)

0.084 (± 0.022)

2.848

0.017

Kinsella

Ruminococcus gauvreauii group

0.121 (± 0.042)

0.078 (± 0.019)

2.583

0.028

Kinsella

Christensenellaceae R-7 group

0.114 (± 0.016)

0.205 (± 0.106)

− 2.406

0.045

Kinsella

  1. HRFI high residual feed intake, LRFI low residual feed intake, SD standard deviation, t t-test statistic.