Table 2 Mean relative abundance (%) of the ten most abundant microbes, classified to the taxonomic level of family, in each dietary group.

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

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

WCPRG

PRG

P-value

adj P- value

Bacteria

Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidales

Prevotellaceae

43.90%

43.20%

0.86

0.94

Bacteria

Firmicutes

Clostridia

Clostridiales

Lachnospiraceae

13.00%

12.13%

0.32

0.51

Bacteria

Firmicutes

Clostridia

Clostridiales

Ruminococcaceae

11.23%

10.46%

0.25

0.51

Bacteria

Firmicutes

Clostridia

Clostridiales

Christensenellaceae

5.03%

5.24%

0.62

0.71

Bacteria

Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidales

Rikenellaceae

4.04%

4.33%

0.19

0.49

Bacteria

Fibrobacteres

Fibrobacteria

Fibrobacterales

Fibrobacteraceae

4.18%

3.93%

0.43

0.60

Bacteria

Firmicutes

Negativicutes

Selenomonadales

Veillonellaceae

2.40%

3.39%

<0.001

0.02

Bacteria

Bacteroidetes

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidales

F082

2.50%

2.35%

0.37

0.53

Bacteria

Firmicutes

Negativicutes

Selenomonadales

Acidaminococcaceae

1.69%

2.26%

0.01

0.18

Bacteria

Spirochaetes

Spirochaetia

Spirochaetales

Spirochaetaceae

1.63%

1.69%

0.93

0.97

  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).