TABLE 4 .
Diet-wise comparison of the overall microbial profiles of individual rams indicates Tasco level-driven clustering
| Population and ram |
ANOSIM R (P value)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base vs Con | Con vs 1SW | Con vs 3SW | Con vs 5SW | 1SW vs 3SW | 1SW vs 5SW | 3SW vs 5SW | Overall | |
| Bacteria | ||||||||
| R1 | 1.000 (0.250) | 0.889 (0.101) | 0.963 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.106) | 0.815 (0.100) | 0.815 (0.101) | 1.000 (0.101) | 0.923 (0.010) |
| R2 | 1.000 (0.254) | 1.000 (0.106) | 0.630 (0.101) | 1.000 (0.096) | 0.704 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.098) | 0.259 (0.307) | 0.818 (0.010) |
| R3 | 1.000 (0.256) | 1.000 (0.098) | 1.000 (0.099) | 1.000 (0.101) | 0.815 (0.101) | 1.000 (0.097) | 0.500 (0.198) | 0.893 (0.010) |
| R4 | 1.000 (0.249) | 1.000 (0.103) | 1.000 (0.101) | 1.000 (0.101) | 1.000 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.097) | 1.000 (0.103) | 1.000 (0.010) |
| R5 | 1.000 (0.252) | 1.000 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.097) | 0.444 (0.099) | 1.000 (0.106) | 1.000 (0.102) | 1.000 (0.105) | 0.895 (0.010) |
| R6 | 0.111 (0.746) | 0.667 (0.103) | 0.519 (0.096) | 0.481 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.098) | 1.000 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.102) | 0.787 (0.010) |
| R7 | 1.000 (0.249) | 1.000 (0.096) | 1.000 (0.104) | 0.926 (0.096) | 1.000 (0.099) | 1.000 (0.099) | 0.852 (0.101) | 0.877 (0.010) |
| R8 | 1.000 (0.253) | 1.000 (0.094) | 1.000 (0.096) | 0.926 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.096) | 1.000 (0.096) | 0.951 (0.010) |
| Archaea | ||||||||
| R1 | 1.000 (0.251) | 0.296 (0.206) | 0.481 (0.098) | 0.481 (0.100) | 0.815 (0.100) | 0.222 (0.196) | 0.148 (0.299) | 0.302 (0.034) |
| R2 | 1.000 (0.252) | 0.963 (0.100) | 0.666 (0.100) | 0.259 (0.295) | 1.000 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.103) | 1.000 (0.103) | 0.833 (<0.001) |
| R3 | −0.333 (0.748) | −0.037 (0.500) | 0.296 (0.199) | 0.296 (0.199) | 0.296 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.104) | 0.750 (0.099) | 0.436 (0.105) |
| R4 | 0.111 (0.496) | 1.000 (0.100) | 0.407 (0.094) | 0.259 (0.204) | 1.000 (0.096) | 0.630 (0.100) | 0.556 (0.102) | 0.583 (<0.001) |
| R5 | 0.111 (0.501) | 0.704 (0.097) | 0.852 (0.098) | −0.333 (1.000) | 0.370 (0.097) | 0.852 (0.102) | 0.778 (0.097) | 0.540 (0.003) |
| R6 | 1.000 (0.250) | 0.667 (0.103) | 0.519 (0.096) | 0.481 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.098) | 1.000 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.102) | 0.991 (<0.001) |
| R7 | 1.000 (0.249) | 1.000 (0.097) | 1.000 (0.102) | 1.000 (0.098) | 1.000 (0.098) | 1.000 (0.102) | 0.889 (0.104) | 0.957 (<0.001) |
| R8 | 0.556 (0.253) | 1.000 (0.100) | 1.000 (0.101) | 1.000 (0.106) | 1.000 (0.097) | 1.000 (0.095) | 1.000 (0.096) | 0.988 (<0.001) |
a
Base, baseline; Con, control; 1SW, 1% DM-based Tasco; 3SW, 3% DM-based Tasco; 5SW, 5% DM-based Tasco. ANOSIM R, dissimilarity index.