Table 1 Mean relative abundance (%) of the ten most abundant phylum in each dietary group.

From: Sward type alters the relative abundance of members of the rumen microbial ecosystem in dairy cows

Kingdom

Phylum

WCPRG

PRG

P-value

adj P- value

Bacteria

Bacteroidetes

48.63%

47.53%

0.58

0.73

Bacteria

Firmicutes

31.97%

31.41%

0.64

0.77

Bacteria

Kiritimatiellaeota

5.25%

6.66%

0.09

0.24

Bacteria

Fibrobacteres

3.74%

3.42%

0.22

0.43

Bacteria

Tenericutes

2.66%

2.24%

0.10

0.26

Bacteria

Cyanobacteria

1.27%

2.10%

0.00

<0.05

Bacteria

Spirochaetes

1.50%

1.51%

0.77

0.88

Archaea

Euryarchaeota

1.29%

1.58%

0.03

0.15

Bacteria

Patescibacteria

1.33%

1.11%

0.02

0.15

Bacteria

Proteobacteria

1.17%

1.17%

0.89

0.96

  1. PRG = Perennial ryegrass only; WCPRG = Perennial ryegrass and white clover sward;
  2. P- values were generated using the Wilcoxon rank sum test, with correction for FDR. Adjusted p values deemed significant when adj p-value (P < 0.05) and trends (P < 0.10).
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