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Table 5.

Comparison of the bacteria (genus level) present within the rumen of steers fed grass silage and sugar beet (GS), or GS supplemented with flax (GSF) or echium oil (GSE)

Genus	Diet			SED	P
Genus	GS	GSF	GSE	SED	P
Olsonella	0.461^b	0.246^a	0.427^b	0.061	0.016
Bacteroidales; other	0.031^b	0.013^a	0.007^a	0.005	0.007
Bacteroidetes; other	0.061^b	0.013^a	0.027^a	0.012	0.010
Prevotellaceae; other	0.078^b	0.029^a	0.040^ab	0.017	0.054
Prevotella	0.102^b	0.033^a	0.058^ab	0.020	0.027
Anaerolineaaceae; other	0.020^b	0.011^a	0.011^a	0.00	0.028
Fibrobacter	0.686^b	0.218^a	0.369^ab	0.148	0.036
Lactobacillales; other; other	0.003^b	0.002^ab	0.000^a	0.001	0.083
Butyrivibrio	8.552^a	12.99^b	8.407^a	0.985	0.002
Howardella	0.004^a	0.038^b	0.012^a	0.006	0.001
Oribacterium	0.102^a	0.166^b	0.076^a	0.024	0.016
Pseudobutyrivibrio	2.526^a	3.969^b	2.602^a	0.224	< 0.001
Roseburia	0.007^a	0.038^c	0.024^b	0.005	0.001
Clostridiales; other	13.66^b	12.02^a	13.62^b	0.547	0.028
Papillibacter	0.008^b	0.002^a	0.005^ab	0.002	0.042
Ruminococcus	1.209^b	0.461^a	0.913^ab	0.247	0.046
Eubacteriaceae; other	0.034^b	0.0148^a	0.016^a	0.007	0.046
Clostridia; other	1.288^b	0.773^a	1.110^ab	0.170	0.044
Erysipelotrichaceae; other	0.182^b	0.071^a	0.141^ab	0.036	0.042
Bacteria; other	5.327^b	3.505^a	4.314^ab	0.501	0.020
Victivallis	0.040^b	0.017^a	0.019^a	0.007	0.016
Firmicutes; other	10.61^b	8.154^a	10.15^b	0.283	< 0.01
Succinivibrio	0.001^a	0.001^a	0.010^b	0.002	0.014
Proteobacteria; other	0.111^b	0.090^ab	0.063^a	0.013	0.015

Only genera showing significant differences are shown in the table (P < 0.05) (data shown are % occurrences within the total reads). Numbers with a different superscript vary significantly (P < 0.05) from each other. SED, standard deviation.