Table 4 Phylum-level taxonomic composition of bacterial communities in the ruminal contents between the starter feed- and breast milk-fed groups.
From: Effects of early feeding on the host rumen transcriptome and bacterial diversity in lambs
Phylum | % of sequences in starter feed-fed group | % of sequences in breast milk-fed group | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Actinobacteria | 0.132 ± 0.072 | 0.335 ± 0.226 | 0.413 |
Bacteroidetes | 66.007 ± 4.187 | 58.471 ± 1.385 | 0.118 |
Fibrobacteres | 0.084 ± 0.050 | 0.769 ± 0.279 | 0.036 |
Firmicutes | 19.367 ± 3.551 | 14.99 ± 1.484 | 0.283 |
Lentisphaerae | 0.119 ± 0.088 | 3.265 ± 0.752 | 0.002 |
Proteobacteria | 2.593 ± 1.231 | 6.016 ± 1.441 | 0.101 |
Spirochaetes | 4.690 ± 1.202 | 9.583 ± 4.780 | 0.344 |
Synergistetes | 1.200 ± 0.450 | 1.070 ± 0.529 | 0.862 |
Tenericutes | 0.677 ± 0.004 | 1.186 ± 0.335 | 0.363 |
Verrucomicrobia | 0.149 ± 0.146 | 7.481 ± 2.762 | 0.024 |
Unclassified | 0 | 0.003 ± 0.002 | 0.154 |
Others (<0.5%) | 0.088 ± 0.067 | 1.715 ± 0.290 | <0.001 |
