TABLE 2.

Correlation coefficients amongst rumen bacterial genera and traits associated with enteric emissions.

	DME	DCE	RME	MY	MI
Anaeroplasma	–0.02	–0.04	–0.04	–0.07	0.01
Bifidobacterium	0.05	–0.01	0.03	0.00	0.10
Butyrivibrio	0.35***	0.10	0.30***	0.24**	0.28***
Eubacterium	–0.08	0.03	−0.13*	–0.10	–0.01
Fibrobacter	0.06	0.02	0.07	0.03	0.01
Intestinibaculum	−0.30***	0.01	−0.36***	−0.38***	−0.27***
Mogibacterium	0.38***	0.07	0.38***	0.38***	0.35***
Olsenella	−0.30***	0.00	−0.32***	−0.29***	−0.31***
Prevotella	−0.19**	–0.09	−0.13*	–0.09	−0.15*
Pseudobutyrivibrio	0.32***	0.12†	0.27***	0.22**	0.28***
Ruminobacter	0.13*	0.01	0.16*	0.15*	0.12†
Ruminococcus	0.23**	0.12†	0.14*	0.09	0.23**
Selenomonas	−0.25***	–0.02	−0.23**	−0.18**	−0.24**
Sharpea	–0.05	–0.01	–0.09	–0.10	–0.06
Succiniclasticum	0.13*	0.03	0.14*	0.15*	0.13*
Succinivibrio	0.12†	0.01	0.13*	0.09	0.11†
Treponema	0.11†	0.10	0.04	–0.01	0.03

DME, daily methane production; DCE, daily carbon dioxide production; RME, residual methane emissions; MY, methane yield; MI, methane intensity.

†P < 0.10.

* P < 0.05.

** P < 0.01.

*** P < 0.001.