Table 1 Associations (P) between cofactors and the α and β-diversities for ASV and genus taxonomic ranks of the vaginal microbiota of adult cows. Bold p-values indicate significant p-values (p ≤ 0.05).

From: Characterization of bovine vaginal microbiota using 16S rRNA sequencing: associations with host fertility, longevity, health, and production

 

Samples

Observed Richness

Shannon

Beta-diversity

ASV

Genus

ASV

Genus

ASV

Genus

Factors

Lab batch

823

< 2.2e−16

8.042e−09

2.258e−13

2.708e−13

0.0001

0.0001

Herd

823

3.204e−12

4.003e−12

1.654e−11

1.404e−10

0.0001

0.0001

Season

823

0.0001

0.009

0.0005

0.007

0.0001

0.0001

Parity

823

0.002

0.029

0.0001

0.018

0.0001

0.0001

Days in milk (DIM)

823

0.004

0.005

1.565e−05

0.0001

0.0002

0.0001

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