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Table 2 OTU level taxonomic biomarkers for (a) concentrate basal diets and (b) forage basal diets (Linear discriminant analysis effect size > 4.0)

From: Temporal stability of the rumen microbiota in beef cattle, and response to diet and supplements

(a)

Concentrate

% Seq

SILVA 128 Taxonomy (Mixed Rank)

 OTU00001

10.5

Unclassified Gammaproteobacteria (Class)

 OTU00004

2.6

Prevotella (Genus)

 OTU00017

1.0

Phascolarctobacterium (Genus)

 OTU00019

0.9

Prevotella (Genus)

(b)

Forage

% Seq

SILVA 128 Taxonomy (Mixed Rank)

 OTU00003

2.9

Methanobrevibacter (Genus)

 OTU00006

2.3

Ruminococcaceae (Family)

 OTU00005

2.4

Proteobacteria (Phylum)

 OTU00009

1.9

Lachnospiraceae (Family)

  1. Taxonomic classification to the lowest identified rank assigned using SILVA SEED 128 reference database with bootstrap values of 100. % Seq: Proportion of sequence counts from total dataset representing each OTU