Table 3.

qPCR quantification of 16S rDNA and mcrA copy numbers and mcrA and mtt expression analysis in rumen contents.

	CTL	LINNIT	SEM	Effect treatment
DNA
16S rDNA log (copies/mL)	3.764	4.162	0.213	0.336
mcrA log (copies/mL)	3.418	3.761	0.220	0.463
RNA
ΔCT mcrA	6.391	5.319	0.793	0.852
ΔCT mtt	12.980	10.244	1.290	0.202
2−ΔCT mcrA	0.024	0.031	0.007	0.852
2−CT mtt	0.001	0.003	0.084	0.202
mcrA cDNA/mcrA DNA	0.166	0.149	0.007	0.106

Values are means of eight individual measures; data were analyzed using 2-group Mann-Whitney in R.