Table 2.
Relative abundances of predominant OTUs (percentage) in the 16S rRNA gene libraries from faecal methanogens of Meishan and Yorkshire piglets1.
OTUs | Yorkshire | Meishan | SEM2 | Effect (P value) | Closest reference strain | ||||||||
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D1 | D3 | D7 | D14 | D1 | D3 | D7 | D14 | Breed | Age | Breed × age | |||
OTU2 | 0.53 | 0.69 | 20.63 | 5.79 | 0.20 | 0.83 | 1.39 | 32.0 | 17.0 | 0.741 | 0.046 | 0.034 | M. smithii |
OTU6 | 6.89 | 1.20 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 10.16 | 0.68 | 3.41 | 0.08 | 5.07 | 0.293 | 0.001 | 0.679 | M. thaueri |
OTU7 | 3.19 | 1.31 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 9.87 | 3.92 | 2.97 | 0.26 | 4.50 | 0.024 | 0.012 | 0.392 | M. thaueri |
OTU10 | 3.64 | 1.57 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 6.14 | 3.22 | 1.60 | 0.10 | 3.23 | 0.157 | 0.011 | 0.860 | M. woesei |
OTU14 | 2.26 | 0.60 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 2.80 | 2.38 | 1.33 | 0.14 | 1.78 | 0.108 | 0.028 | 0.731 | M. thaueri |
OTU17 | 2.56 | 2.22 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.74 | 2.39 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 1.76 | 0.547 | 0.017 | 0.508 | M. millerae |
OTU19 | 2.12 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.52 | 1.51 | 1.19 | 0.11 | 1.37 | 0.097 | 0.004 | 0.738 | M. thaueri |
OTU20 | 0.20 | 0.64 | 3.26 | 2.57 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.22 | 1.88 | 0.015 | 0.204 | 0.217 | M. smithii |
OTU21 | 2.89 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 3.23 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 1.98 | 0.997 | 0.002 | 0.984 | M. gottschalkii |
OTU26 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 1.21 | 0.61 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.13 | 2.00 | 0.88 | 0.812 | 0.005 | 0.010 | M. smithii |
OTU27 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.98 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 1.03 | 0.223 | 0.049 | 0.403 | M. alcaliphilum |
OTU30 | 0.67 | 1.09 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 1.15 | 1.21 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.93 | 0.560 | 0.032 | 0.956 | M. thaueri |
OTU38 | 0.08 | 0.34 | 0.53 | 0.66 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.40 | 0.86 | 0.36 | 0.864 | 0.001 | 0.542 | M. smithii |
OTU39 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.55 | 1.00 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.324 | 0.026 | 0.756 | M. smithii |
OTU40 | 1.21 | 0.54 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.04 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.409 | 0.019 | 0.594 | M. thaueri |
OTU44 | 0.66 | 0.49 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 1.06 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.55 | 0.750 | 0.005 | 0.544 | M. millerae |
OTU48 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.61 | 0.28 | 0.134 | 0.010 | 0.083 | M. millerae |
OTU52 | 0.56 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.40 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.53 | 0.139 | 0.012 | 0.796 | M. thaueri |
OTU63 | 0.42 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.80 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.077 | 0.000 | 0.088 | M. thaueri |
OTU69 | 0.59 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.875 | 0.000 | 0.299 | M. thaueri |
OTU71 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.68 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.285 | 0.005 | 0.146 | M. millerae |
OTU73 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.60 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.016 | 0.038 | 0.067 | M. smithii |
OTU74 | 0.41 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.40 | 0.243 | 0.035 | 0.697 | M. olleyae |
OTU77 | 1.00 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.48 | 0.219 | 0.003 | 0.278 | M. millerae |
OTU78 | 0.38 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.51 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.263 | 0.000 | 0.487 | M. thaueri |
OTU82 | 0.28 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.07 | 0.40 | 0.05 | 0.21 | 0.075 | 0.010 | 0.047 | M. thaueri |
OTU85 | 0.25 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.39 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.175 | 0.047 | 0.862 | M. thaueri |
OTU86 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.024 | 0.010 | 0.153 | M. thaueri |
OTU88 | 0.33 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.143 | 0.002 | 0.845 | M. thaueri |
OTU91 | 0.67 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.399 | 0.006 | 0.572 | M. millerae |
OTU93 | 0.51 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.291 | 0.045 | 0.570 | M. millerae |
OTU103 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.277 | 0.002 | 0.821 | M. smithii |
OTU104 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.338 | 0.010 | 0.706 | M. thaueri |
OTU107 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.007 | 0.000 | 0.017 | M. thaueri |
OTU109 | 0.16 | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.217 | 0.038 | 0.073 | M. millerae |
OTU110 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.08 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.892 | 0.018 | 0.786 | M. millerae |
1OTUs: the abundances that were significantly affected by pig breed, age, or the interaction between breed and age are shown in this table.
2SEM: standard error of means, n = 4.