TABLE 4.
Main phylum of the rumen samples from different dietary treatment groups of yak.
Phylum | Treatment groups |
SEM | P-value | ||
YL | YM | YH | |||
Firmicutes | 0.46 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.014 | 0.52 |
Bacteroidetes | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.014 | 0.16 |
Tenericutes | 0.03ab | 0.05a | 0.02b | 0.004 | 0.04 |
Lentisphaerae | 0.026b | 0.03b | 0.04a | 0.003 | 0.02 |
Proteobacteria | 0.015 | 0.012 | 0.012 | 0.001 | 0.72 |
Chloroflexi | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.31 |
Fibrobacteres | 0.005 | 0.006 | 0.004 | 0.0008 | 0.70 |
Spirochaetes | 0.003b | 0.004b | 0.008a | 0.0008 | 0.02 |
SHA-109 | 0.0004b | 0.0005b | 0.001a | 0.0002 | 0.02 |
F:B | 1.12 | 1.41 | 1.27 | 0.082 | 0.39 |
YL, low energy; YM, medium energy; YH, high energy; SEM, standard error of mean. Means in a row with different small letter superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).