Table 1. Summary of next generation sequencing data.
| M | Samples | Sequences | OTUs | Good's Coverage | Shannon | Simpson | Chao 1 |
| Bac | Rumen_1 | 41215 | 1331 | 0.99 | 7.26 | 0.98 | 1928.51 |
| Bac | Rumen_2 | 44350 | 1508 | 0.99 | 7.29 | 0.97 | 2057.81 |
| Bac | Rumen_3 | 39766 | 1421 | 0.99 | 7.47 | 0.99 | 1945.74 |
| Bac | Colon_1 | 62837 | 1812 | 0.99 | 8.19 | 0.99 | 2127.83 |
| Bac | Colon_2 | 48607 | 1851 | 0.99 | 7.50 | 0.96 | 2117.59 |
| Bac | Colon_3 | 65899 | 2004 | 0.99 | 8.07 | 0.98 | 2253.62 |
| Bac | Ileum_1 | 39751 | 1993 | 0.99 | 8.53 | 0.99 | 2201.22 |
| Bac | Ileum_2 | 55079 | 2075 | 1.00 | 8.46 | 0.99 | 2193.45 |
| Bac | Ileum_3 | 27464 | 1852 | 0.98 | 8.31 | 0.99 | 2209.05 |
| Bac | Cecum_1 | 32116 | 1937 | 0.99 | 8.55 | 0.99 | 2246.11 |
| Bac | Cecum_2 | 62533 | 2072 | 1.00 | 8.32 | 0.99 | 2246.94 |
| Bac | Cecum_3 | 53603 | 2037 | 1.00 | 8.43 | 0.99 | 2151.85 |
| Bac | Feces_1 | 29532 | 1861 | 0.98 | 8.44 | 0.99 | 2217.72 |
| Bac | Feces_2 | 45850 | 2048 | 0.99 | 8.24 | 0.98 | 2229.94 |
| Bac | Feces_3 | 48429 | 2005 | 0.99 | 8.44 | 0.99 | 2224.95 |
| Met | Rumen_1 | 69329 | 109 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 0.57 | 121.75 |
| Met | Rumen_2 | 60328 | 102 | 1.00 | 0.84 | 0.20 | 122.50 |
| Met | Rumen_3 | 56529 | 103 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 0.43 | 115.71 |
| Met | Cecum_1 | 53951 | 109 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 0.46 | 138.30 |
| Met | Cecum_2 | 68931 | 108 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 0.50 | 129.00 |
| Met | Cecum_3 | 66579 | 111 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 0.63 | 129.00 |
M, Microorganisms; Bac, Bacteria; Met, Methanogen; OTUs, operational taxonomic units.