Table 9. The archaeal genera shared by CT group (n = 10), RYR group (n = 10) and all goats (n = 20) and their abundance (Means ± SD, % of sequences)a.
| Genus | CT | RYR | All animals |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Order) Unclassified Thermoprotei | 3.9±2.8 | 19.1±11.8 | 11.5±11.4 |
| Methanobrevibacter | 63.8±15.7 | 32.4±15.3 | 48.05±22.1 |
| Methanosphaera | 0.1±0.1 | /b | / |
| Methanomicrobium | 2.1±1.7 | 8.1±6.4 | 5.1±5.5 |
| Methanimicrococcus | 0.6±0.9 | / | / |
| (Family)Unclassified Thermoplasmatales | 5.5±7.4 | 3.5±3.8 | 4.5±5.8 |
| Thermogymnomonas | 17.6±9.2 | 23.3±12.9 | 20.5±11.3 |
| (Family)unclassified Thermoplasmatales | 3.6±4.1 | 7.8±5.9 | 5.7±5.4 |
| (Class)unclassified Euryarchaeota | 2.4±1.5 | 3.0±3.8 | 2.7±2.8 |
| (phylum)unclassified Archaea | / | 1.9±2.2 | / |
aTaxa that could not be assigned to a genus but still shared by the samples were displayed using the highest taxonomic level that could be assigned to them and the level is shown in parentheses.
b “/”means this item did not exist in this column.