Table 5 Genus-level taxonomic composition of the 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

Genus

% of sequences in starter feed-fed group

% of sequences in breast milk-fed group

P-value

Bacteroidetes

Prevotella

40.370 ± 9.576

17.196 ± 5.925

0.067

 

CF231

0.064 ± 0.000

1.613 ± 0.553

0.019

Fibrobacteres

Fibrobacter

0.084 ± 0.050

0.750 ± 0.277

0.039

Firmicutes

Butyrivibrio

0.821 ± 0.241

0.328 ± 0.075

0.079

 

Ruminococcus

3.240 ± 2.658

0.441 ± 0.123

0.318

 

Acidaminococcus

1.580 ± 0.426

0.001 ± 0.001

0.004

 

Dialister

3.721 ± 1.777

0.001 ± 0.001

0.063

 

Succiniclasticum

5.043 ± 1.399

0.765 ± 0.223

0.013

 

Bulleidia

2.512 ± 1.875

0.011 ± 0.006

0.210

 

RFN20

0.006 ± 0.006

0.923 ± 0.473

0.081

Proteobacteria

Dechloromonas

0.014 ± 0.007

1.420 ± 0.632

0.050

 

Ruminobacter

0.001 ± 0.001

0.864 ± 0.549

0.147

 

Succinivibrio

1.981 ± 1.178

1.014 ± 0.988

0.544

Spirochaetes

Sphaerochaeta

6.617 ± 4.016

1.364 ± 0.537

0.224

 

Treponema

2.964 ± 2.951

3.187 ± 1.423

0.947

Synergistetes

Pyramidobacter

1.048 ± 0.490

0.213 ± 0.060

0.122

Tenericutes

Anaeroplasma

0

0.567 ± 0.325

0.112

Unclassified (Genus)

27.919 ± 8.595

53.156 ± 6.044

0.037

Others (<0.5%)

0.019 ± 0.004

0.157 ± 0.027

0.000