Table 3. Taxa identified within the core microbiome of the rumen of elk, white tailed deer.

All animals	Elk solid phase	Elk liquid phase	Deer solid phase	Deer liquid phase
Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp1	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp1	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp1	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp1	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp1
Uncultured Prevotella	Uncultured Prevotella	Uncultured Prevotella	Uncultured Prevotella	Uncultured Prevotella
Unclassified Synergistetes	Unclassified Synergistetes	Unclassified Synergistetes	Unclassified Synergistetes	Unclassified Synergistetes
Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp2	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp2	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp2	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp2	Lachnospiraceae Wet75 sp2
Prevotella ruminicola	Prevotella Ruminicola	Prevotella ruminicola	Prevotella ruminicola	Prevotella ruminicola
RFN8-YE57	RFN8-YE57	RFN8-YE57	RFN8-YE57	RFN8-YE57
Incertia sedis Clos-spor	Incertia sedis Clos-spor	Incertia sedis Clos-spor	Incertia sedis Clos-spor	Incertia sedis Clos-spor
RC9 gut group	RC9 gut group	RC9 gut group	RC9 gut group	RC9 gut group
	VadinHA42	VadinHA42	VadinHA42	Quinella ovalis
	Treponema bryantii	Uncultured Para-prevotella	Uncultured Para-prevotella	BS11 gut group
	Fibrobacter succinogenes	Fibrobacter succinogenes	BS11 gut group	Prevotella byrantii
	Uncultured Saccharofermentans	Prevotella byrantii	Prevotella byrantii
Phyla represented
Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes Synergistetes	Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Fibrobacteres Synergistetes	Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, Fibrobacteres Synergistetes	Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes Synergistetes	Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes Synergistetes