Table 6 qPCR results for total bacteria, two phyla, and four genera of ruminal bacterial communities in the starter feed- and breast milk-fed groups.

From: Effects of early feeding on the host rumen transcriptome and bacterial diversity in lambs

Taxon

Abundance of bacteria a

P-value

Starter feed-fed group

Breast milk-fed group

Bacteria

30.76 ± 2.77

5.23 ± 1.25

<0.001

Bacteroidetes

16.38 ± 1.13

3.12 ± 0.77

<0.001

Firmicutes

3.90 ± 1.24

0.87 ± 0.30

0.039

Prevotella

11.53 ± 4.46

0.66 ± 0.43

0.036

Clostridium Butyricum

0.22 ± 0.20

0.0015 ± 0.00075

0.285

Bacteroides spp.

0.02 ± 0.004

0.009 ± 0.003

0.041

Selenomonas ruminantium-Mitsuokella multiacida

0.195 ± 0.052

0.0017 ± 0.00083

0.004

  1. aThe abundance of total bacteria is expressed as 1010 copy numbers per gram of rumen content.
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