Table 10.

Pearson correlation coefficients between diet digestibility variables, total protozoa, and relative taxa abundances of ruminal protozoa and bacteria.

	DM digestibility	NDF digestibility	ADF digestibility	N digestibility	Ruminococcaceae
Total protozoa				0.42*
Eudiplodinium	0.34*
Metadinium	0.44**	0.54**	0.50**
Christensenellaceae				0.37*
BS11 gut group				−0.46**
Fibrobacteraceae					−0.63***
Prevotellaceae					0.47**

^* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.