Table 1.
Comparison of OTUs between Holstein and Jersey dairy cows
| OTU | No. of sequences |
Nearest valid taxon | % Sequence identity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holstein | Jersey | |||
| 1 | 48 | 52 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 98.9 |
| 2 | 28 | 46 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 98.5 |
| 3 | 19 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.4 |
| 4 | 7 | 10 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 97.5 |
| 5 | 6 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.1 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 95.4 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter olleyae | 95.7 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.5 |
| 9 | 9 | 10 | Methanobrevibacter olleyae | 96.3 |
| 10 | 2 | 18 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 98.7 |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.4 |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Methanosphaera stadtmanae | 97.4 |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | Aciduliprofundum boonei | 80.0 |
| 14 | 3 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 96.4 |
| 15 | 1 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter olleyae | 96.3 |
| 16 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.0 |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 96.1 |
| 18 | 2 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 95.1 |
| 19 | 4 | 1 | Thermoplasma acidophilum | 80.1 |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 97.3 |
| 21 | 1 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 96.2 |
| 22 | 2 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.3 |
| 23 | 1 | 2 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 97.5 |
| 24 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 94.0 |
| 25 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 96.0 |
| 26 | 2 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 97.5 |
| 27 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter thaurei | 96.9 |
| 28 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 97.2 |
| 29 | 3 | 5 | Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 97.1 |
| 30 | 2 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.5 |
| 31 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 95.4 |
| 32 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 96.6 |
| 33 | 2 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 93.2 |
| 34 | 2 | 9 | Methanobrevibacter arboriphilus | 95.1 |
| 35 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.4 |
| 36 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 94.8 |
| 37 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 98.6 |
| 38 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.3 |
| 39 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 92.6 |
| 40 | 1 | 2 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 98.1 |
| 41 | 2 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter olleyae | 96.5 |
| 42 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 96.3 |
| 43 | 1 | 0 | Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 96.6 |
| 44 | 0 | 2 | Methanobrevibacter wolinii | 95.5 |
| 45 | 0 | 2 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.3 |
| 46 | 0 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter olleyae | 95.8 |
| 47 | 0 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.7 |
| 48 | 0 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 94.0 |
| 49 | 0 | 2 | Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 97.1 |
| 50 | 0 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 96.6 |
| 51 | 0 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter olleyae | 97.0 |
| 52 | 0 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.3 |
| 53 | 0 | 3 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.7 |
| 54 | 0 | 2 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 97.7 |
| 55 | 0 | 1 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 95.8 |
| Total | 180 | 185 | ||