Table 7.

Analysis of the rumen microbial species level microbiota structure in Tarim wapiti and Karakul sheep.

Species	Groups		SEM	p-Value
	Tarim Wapiti	Karakul Sheep
Prevotella sp. tc2-28	1.26	1.95	1.11	0.56
Prevotella sp. ne3005	2.62	2.65	0.85	0.97
Prevotella ruminicola	2.41	2.82	0.43	0.38
Selenomonas ruminantium	1.10	1.53	0.80	0.60
Succiniclasticum ruminis	0.56	1.02	0.50	0.39
Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens	0.10	1.47 **	0.25	<0.01
Bacteroidales bacterium WCE2004	1.65	0.85	0.47	0.14
Bacteroidales bacterium WCE2008	1.50	0.99	0.40	0.26
Bacterium F083	1.25 **	0.34	0.20	<0.01
Prevotella sp. tf2-5	1.19	0.93	0.29	0.40

Note: ** indicate significant differences (p < 0.01).