Table 4. Relative abundance of bacteria at the phylum level in yak rumen supplemented with oat hays and concentrate during the cold season.
Taxonomy | Log transformed values | SEM | P-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GG | OG | CG | |||
Bacteroidetes | 1.64 | 1.61 | 1.57 | 0.022 | 0.408 |
Firmicutes | 0.93 | 1.02 | 1.22 | 0.065 | 0.169 |
Proteobacteria | 1.25 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 0.207 | 0.063 |
Verrucomicrobia | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 0.036 | 0.733 |
Fibrobacteres | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.054 | 0.914 |
Tenericutes | 0.72a | 0.52b | 0.55a | 0.034 | 0.023 |
Cyanobacteria | 0.086ab | −0.004a | 0.26b | 0.046 | 0.048 |
Actinobacteria | −0.081 | −0.34 | −0.029 | 0.0649 | 0.094 |
Acidobacteria | −0.27 | −0.74 | −0.53 | 0.095 | 0.144 |
Lentisphaerae | −0.069 | −0.009 | −0.048 | 0.0220 | 0.552 |
Notes.
Values are presented as mean ± SEM. Means in a row with different small letter superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05), same letter superscripts present no difference (P > 0.05).
- GG
- grazing group
- OG
- oats hay supplement group
- CG
- concentrate supplement group