TABLE 2.
Assignment of clones to different clades of Archaea and the number of positive data sets for each cladea
| Clade | Detection in total rumen contents
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Detection in protozoan-associated archaea
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (%) | Maximum (%) | No. of data sets (n = 12) | Mean (%) | Maximum (%) | No. of data sets (n = 5) | |
| Methanomicrobium | 14.9 | 85.6 | 4 | 20.1 | 80.0 | 3 |
| Methanimicrococcus | 2.4 | 14.6 | 3 | 4.0 | 20.0 | 1 |
| M. gottschalkii | 33.6 | 81.2 | 10 | 42.9 | 98.6 | 3 |
| M. smithii | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | NDc | 0 |
| M. ruminantium | 27.3 | 60.0 | 10 | 12.5 | 62.6 | 1 |
| M. wolinii | 0.1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 12.8 | 1 |
| Other Methanobrevibacterb | 0.5 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 1 |
| Methanosphaera | 3.7 | 26.8 | 5 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Methanobacterium | 0.2 | 2.9 | 1 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2 |
| RCC | 15.8 | 80.8 | 5 | 15.1 | 74.1 | 2 |
| Qld26 | 1.3 | 8.7 | 3 | 0 | ND | 0 |
| Crenarchaeota | 0.2 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 | ND | 0 |