Table 1.

Fungal composition profile across the GIT of Nelore steers.

Level	Taxa	Rumen liquids	Rumen solids	Small intestine	Cecum	Feces
Phylum	Neocallimastigomycota	85.51 ± 11.88	95.04 ± 4.98	86.71 ± 13.23	85.77 ± 9.76	77.29 ± 12.35
	Others	0.32 ± 0.36	0.07 ± 0.09	0.47 ± 1.91	0.29 ± 0.37	1.16 ± 1.69
	Unclassified	14.17 ± 11.59	4.89 ± 4.91	12.82 ± 13.23	13.94 ± 9.56	21.55 ± 12.12
Class	Neocallimastigomycetes	85.51 ± 11.88	95.04 ± 4.98	86.71 ± 13.72	85.77 ± 9.76	77.29 ± 12.35
	Others	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.39 ± 1.83	0.05 ± 0.22	0.41 ± 1.76
	Unclassified	14.49 ± 11.878	4.96 ± 4.98	12.90 ± 13.23	14.18 ± 9.75	22.30 ± 12.36
Order	Neocallimastigales	85.51 ± 11.88	95.04 ± 4.98	86.71 ± 13.72	85.77 ± 9.76	77.29 ± 12.35
	Others	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.38 ± 1.80	0.05 ± 0.22	0.38 ± 1.72
	Unclassified	14.49 ± 11.88	4.96 ± 4.98	12.91 ± 13.23	14.18 ± 9.75	22.33 ± 12.36
Family	Neocallimastigaceae	83.22 ± 15.35	91.72 ± 14.07	84.88 ± 15.13	84.46 ± 12.55	76.61 ± 12.39
	Others	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00	0.38 ± 1.80	0.05 ± 0.25	0.38 ± 1.75
	Unclassified	16.78 ± 15.44	8.28 ± 14.10	14.74 ± 14.85	15.49 ± 12.61	23.01 ± 12.45
Genera	Anaeromyces	2.31 ± 1.76	1.65 ± 0.63	1.51 ± 1.17	0.98 ± 0.81	1.21 ± 1.12
	Cyllamyces	0.34 ± 1.11	0.85 ± 3.04	1.52 ± 6.46	0.69 ± 2.93	0.29 ± 1.30
	Neocallimastix	1.53 ± 1.02	1.42 ± 0.74	0.69 ± 0.69	0.42 ± 0.39	0.65 ± 0.61
	Orpinomyces	13.38 ± 12.58	3.51 ± 3.24	44.15 ± 29.85	41.70 ± 27.90	36.18 ± 22.09
	Others	0.11 ± 0.19	0.12 ± 0.16	0.45 ± 1.94	0.10 ± 0.35	0.40 ± 1.80
	Unclassified	82.33 ± 12.18	92.45 ± 4.73	51.68 ± 27.14	56.11 ± 26.48	61.27 ± 21.14

The values represent the mean of relative abundance and standard deviation (%). “Others” corresponds to the sum of taxa that showed relative abundance <1% in all TGI portions.