Effects of live yeast on differential genetic and functional attributes of rumen microbiota in beef cattle

Table 1 Relative abundance of microbial species (> 1% of total sequences) affected by dietary treatment in beef steers fed no or 15 g/d of live yeast product

Microbial species	Treatment^a		SE	P-value
Microbial species	CON	YEA	SE	P-value
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii	0.83	1.45	0.08	0.01
Ruminococcus flavefaciens	0.28	1.21	0.13	0.01
Oscillibacter valericigenes	0.56	1.16	0.13	0.01
Ruminococcus bromii	0.70	1.66	0.18	0.01
Methanobrevibacter ruminantium	0.55	1.01	0.14	0.04
Ruminococcus obeum	0.35	1.22	0.10	0.01
Enterococcus casseliflavus	0.31	1.04	0.27	0.05
Megasphaera elsdenii	0.29	1.13	0.20	0.05
Ruminococcus albus	0.26	1.36	0.09	0.01

^aCON = no yeast treatment; YEA = 15 g/d of live yeast product (PMI, Arden Hills, MN, USA)

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