Table 4.
In the genus level, the relative abundance of the bacterial communities from HFI, MFI, and LFI groups, %
| Items | LFI(n = 6)1 | MFI (n = 6) | HFI (n = 6) | SEM | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevotella | 64.52 | 63.25 | 54.73 | 2.11 | 0.12 |
| Gammaproteobacteria_unclassified | 10.90 | 4.79 | 10.50 | 1.56 | 0.21 |
| Lachnospiraceae_unclassified | 3.12b | 2.73b | 5.46a | 0.47 | 0.03 |
| Prevotellaceae_unclassified | 2.92 | 3.77 | 2.80 | 0.23 | 0.19 |
| Bacteroidales_unclassified | 2.35b | 3.69a | 2.26b | 0.28 | 0.06 |
| Bacteroidetes_unclassified | 2.18 | 3.51 | 2.53 | 0.31 | 0.20 |
| Ruminococcaceae_unclassified | 1.51 | 1.32 | 2.11 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
| Fibrobacter | 0.66 | 1.66 | 1.49 | 0.28 | 0.33 |
| Treponema | 0.68 | 1.65 | 1.15 | 0.20 | 0.15 |
| Paraprevotella | 0.79b | 1.73a | 0.75b | 0.20 | 0.06 |
| Porphyromonadaceae_unclassified | 0.81 | 1.35 | 1.07 | 0.13 | 0.27 |
| Clostridiales_unclassified | 0.86 | 0.77 | 1.25 | 0.12 | 0.21 |
| Succiniclasticum | 0.81a | 0.49b | 1.17a | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| Ruminococcus | 0.63 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
| Firmicutes_unclassified | 0.57 | 0.70 | 0.92 | 0.09 | 0.26 |
| Selenomonas | 0.63 | 0.65 | 0.83 | 0.11 | 0.72 |
| Veillonellaceae_unclassified | 0.48b | 0.31b | 0.83a | 0.08 | 0.02 |
| Butyrivibrio | 0.35b | 0.44b | 0.62a | 0.05 | 0.09 |
| Erysipelotrichaceae_unclassified | 0.18b | 0.32a | 0.32a | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Saccharofermentants | 0.20b | 0.24b | 0.38a | 0.03 | 0.03 |
1 n = number of cows.
a,bDifferent superscript letters within rows suggest that means differ significantly (P < 0.05).