TABLE 5.

Correlation coefficients amongst rumen methanogens and traits associated with enteric emissions.

	DME	DCE	RME	MY	MI
Genus
Methanobrevibacter	0.06	0.00	0.10	0.12†	0.10
Methanosphaera	−0.20**	–0.03	−0.23**	−0.22**	−0.19**
Methanobrevibacter clades
RO	−0.14*	0.12†	−0.26***	−0.28***	−0.13*
SGMT	0.08	−0.15*	0.20**	0.23**	0.08

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.