The community structure and microbial linkage of rumen protozoa and methanogens in response to the addition of tea seed saponins in the diet of beef cattle

Table 2 Effect of tea seed saponins (TSS) on the protozoal communities (% of total sequences)

Assigned taxa	BD	TSS	BDP	SEM	KW_P
O-Entodiniomorphida	83.94^ab	70.50^b	94.96^a	3.51	0.007
F-Ophryoscolecidae	83.73^ab	70.25^b	94.76^a	3.54	0.007
G-Entodinium	52.44^a	29.45^b	39.72^ab	4.11	0.009
G-Metadinium	8.32^b	6.67^b	17.43^a	1.97	0.048
G-Polyplastron	1.72^b	9.10^a	6.22^ab	1.13	0.017
G-Eudiplodinium	2.46^b	7.62^ab	9.71^a	1.14	0.030
G-Ostracodinium	1.00	2.81	2.08	0.60	0.806
G-Ophryoscolex	0.66	4.18	0.98	0.85	0.463
O-Vestibuliferida	12.78^a	13.74^a	2.99^b	2.03	0.007
F-Isotrichidae	12.78^a	13.73^a	2.99^b	2.03	0.008
G-Isotricha	11.82^a	12.74^a	2.83^b	1.91	0.008
G-Dasytricha	0.95	0.97	0.41	0.16	0.211
O-Unclassified	3.32^b	15.86^a	2.07^b	2.25	0.011

Values within the same row with different letters are significant different (FDR-P < 0.05)
KW_P values were the overall significant differences analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis test for the non-normally distributed data
BD Basal Diet, BDP Post-control period, SEM Standard error of the mean. O Order, F Family, G Genus

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