From: The rumen microbial metagenome associated with high methane production in cattle
 | AA/Conc | L/Conc | AA/Med | L/Med | Mean | P value | Ratio (H/L) | |||||
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Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | Low | High | |||
CH4 (g/kg DM intake) | 7.63 | 18.14 | 9.29 | 20.13 | 17.41 | 32.42 | 19.37 | 30.37 | 13.43 | 25.26 | Â | 1.88 |
qPCR of 16S and 18S rRNA genes (copies/ng DNA) | ||||||||||||
Protozoa | 9395 | 8315 | 464 | 18865 | 500 | 24480 | 20940 | 1768 | 7825 | 13357 | 0.613 | 1.71 |
Bacteria | 923503 | 1026155 | 964081 | 572312 | 891432 | 575574 | 563798 | 595201 | 835704 | 692311 | 0.329 | 0.83 |
Archaea | 23269 | 72076 | 21459 | 40242 | 19662 | 54880 | 37006 | 75912 | 25349 | 60777 | 0.011 | 2.40 |
Cluster IV | 110080 | 278085 | 114411 | 76922 | 135520 | 221092 | 175738 | 236213 | 133937 | 203078 | 0.201 | 1.52 |
Cluster XIVa | 193249 | 119584 | 173592 | 99130 | 181399 | 89060 | 97723 | 155352 | 161491 | 115782 | 0.279 | 0.72 |
Bacteroidetes | 337544 | 276658 | 215824 | 299295 | 342174 | 134542 | 274886 | 122765 | 292607 | 208315 | 0.277 | 0.71 |
Proteobacteria | 3341 | a | 9783 | 1446 | 21270 | 2085 | 4350 | 2489 | 11801a | 2007a | 0.192 | 0.17 |