Table 1.
Taxonomic representation of the active rumen microbiota based on small subunit (ssu) rRNA sequence analysis from RNA-sequencing data obtained with total RNA.
| Superkingdom | Phylum | Family/Subphylum |
|---|---|---|
| Bacteria (77.5%) | Firmicutes (33.2%) |
Ruminococcaceae (13.2%) Lachnospiraceae (9.1%) Christensenellaceae (4.8%) |
| Bacteroidetes (30.1%) |
Prevotellaceae (20.0%) BS11 gut group (1.7%) Rikenellaceae (1.6%) Unclassified Bacteroidetes (1.7%) RF16 group (1.2%) |
|
| Fibrobacteres (6.8%) | Fibrobacteraceae (6.8%) | |
| Proteobacteria (5.5%) | Succinivibrionaceae (4.3%) | |
| Spirochaetae (2.3%) | Spirochaetaceae (2.2%) | |
| Lentisphaerae (1.1%) | RFP12 gut group (0.4%) Victivallaceae (0.2%) BS5 group (0.2%) WCHB1-25 group (0.1%) |
|
| Archaea (0.7%) | Euryarchaeota (100%) |
Methanobacteriaceae (49.7%) Methanomassiliicoccaceae (50.3%) |
| Eukaryota (21.8%) | SAR group (96.7%) | Intramacronucleata (90.4%) |
| Opisthokonta (3.3%) | Neocallimastigomycota (2.7%) | |
Only phyla identified with a relative abundance higher than 1% and corresponding families are reported. At the superkingdom level, relative abundances (in parentheses) are expressed as a percentage of total ssu rRNA reads, whereas for phyla and families, these values are reported as a percentage of ssu rRNA reads in the corresponding superkingdom.