Table 1 Alpha diversity of microbial communities in the rumen of steers according to RFI group^a

1730 ± 301

1750 ± 281

0.863

1442 ± 388

1564 ± 379

0.417

5.35 ± 0.34

5.44 ± 0.21

0.404

5.28 ± 0.27

5.32 ± 0.20

0.690

0.018 ± 0.008

0.015 ± 0.007

0.345

0.017 ± 0.006

0.016 ± 0.006

0.903

37.57 ± 9.36

48.11 ± 12.93

< 0.05

34.87 ± 6.87

42.26 ± 9.27

< 0.05

1.86 ± 0.31

1.72 ± 0.34

0.292

1.81 ± 0.24

1.78 ± 0.33

0.898

0.26 ± 0.12

0.3 ± 0.15

0.488

0.27 ± 0.09

0.28 ± 0.13

0.980

289 ± 390

151 ± 71

0.199

128 ± 78

143 ± 71

0.602

2.33 ± 0.42

2.27 ± 0.38

0.671

2.03 ± 0.65

2.18 ± 0.38

0.461

0.20 ± 0.10

0.20 ± 0.09

0.999

0.29 ± 0.20

0.24 ± 0.13

0.452