Table 5.

The significant Pearson relationship between top bacteria OTUs identified by random forest regression model and serum non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) from ewes grazing N. coenophialum infected tall fescue pastures.

d51	r	p	d115	r	p
Negative correlation			Negative correlation
Otu555_Clostridiales	−0.71	0.009	Otu238_Prevotellaceae	−0.60	0.024
Otu475_Prevotella	−0.66	0.020	Otu479_Clostridiales	−0.55	0.043
Otu780_Clostridiales	−0.64	0.024	Otu599_Bacteroidetes	−0.46	0.096
Otu551_Coriobacteriaceae	−0.63	0.027
Otu970_Prevotella	−0.59	0.042
Otu505_Prevotella	−0.58	0.059
Positive correlation			Positive correlation
Otu438_Bacteroidales	0.64	0.024	Otu555_Clostridiales	0.54	0.047
Otu175_Bacteroidetes	0.66	0.021	Otu896_Lachnospiraceae	0.54	0.044
Otu783_Prevotella	0.67	0.017	Otu316_Lachnospiraceae	0.56	0.039
Otu332_Coriobacteriaceae	0.78	0.002	Otu580_Bacteria	0.59	0.028
			Otu529_Prevotella	0.59	0.027
			Otu737_Saccharofermentans	0.60	0.025
			Otu613_Lachnospiraceae	0.60	0.023
			Otu782_Bacteroidetes	0.60	0.023
			Otu859_Bacteria	0.61	0.020
			Otu913_Treponema	0.62	0.018
			Otu135_Coriobacteriaceae	0.62	0.018
			Otu476_Firmicutes	0.63	0.017
			Otu273_Firmicutes	0.71	0.005
			Otu692_Bacteria	0.73	0.003
			Otu210_Bacteria	0.81	0.001
			Otu534_Prevotellaceae	0.84	0.001