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Table 6 Effects of dietary oil supplements on relative abundances of the 20 most abundant bacteria (family level) in the rumen of cashmere goat kids

From: Palm oil protects α-linolenic acid from rumen biohydrogenation and muscle oxidation in cashmere goat kids

Phylum

Family

PMO

LSO

MIX

SEM

P-value

Bacteroidetes

Prevotellaceae

0.31

0.25

0.30

0.033

0.347

Rikenellaceae

0.06

0.06

0.07

0.008

0.599

Bacteroidales_BS11_gut_group

0.08a

0.05b

0.04b

0.009

0.013

Bacteroidales_S24-7_group

0.02b

0.03ab

0.04a

0.004

0.031

Bacteroidales_RF16_group

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.002

0.519

Unclassified_f_Bacteroidetes

0.03

0.02

0.03

0.006

0.559

Firmicute

Ruminococcaceae

0.09

0.09

0.10

0.008

0.739

Veillonellaceae

0.04b

0.07a

0.04b

0.009

<.001

Lachnospiraceae

0.05

0.06

0.05

0.006

0.812

Acidaminococcaceae

0.009b

0.023a

0.007b

0.003

0.012

Lactobacillaceae

0.003

0.002

0.001

0.001

0.420

Erysipelotrichaceae

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.001

0.530

Christensenellaceae

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.001

0.723

Proteobacteria

Succinivibrionaceae

0.11

0.12

0.15

0.037

0.683

unclassified_p_Proteobacteria

0.002

0.003

0.002

0.0004

0.362

Verrucomicrobia

norank_c_WCHB1–41

0.03

0.02

0.03

0.004

0.420

Synergistetes

Synergistaceae

0.01

0.02

0.01

0.002

0.342

Fibrobacteres

Fibrobacteraceae

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.001

0.775

Spirochaetae

Spirochaetaceae

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.001

0.149

Tenericutes

norank_o_Mollicutes_RF9

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.001

0.357

  1. PMO palm oil diet, LSO linseed oil diet, MIX mixed oil diet
  2. a,b Means within the same row followed by the same superscript letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05 (n = 6 for each mean)