Table 1.
Comparison of ruminal methanogenesis and mean concentrations of ammonia and total volatile fatty acids as well as molar proportions of principal volatile fatty acids in ruminal fluid of cattle and buffaloes.
Fig 1.
Ruminal archaea community composition in cattle and buffaloes at (a) the order level and (b) family level. The inner-circle represents the methanogens distribution in cattle; while the outer circle represents the distribution in buffaloes.
Fig 2.
Ruminal archaea community composition at genus and species levels in cattle and buffaloes.
Each genus is represented by larger bars that are underlaid on the smaller bars representing the abundance of all the species affiliated to the corresponding genus.
Fig 3.
(a) Alpha diversity and (b) Beta diversity of the ruminal methanogens in cattle and buffaloes.
Fig 4.
Ruminal archaea representing the core microbiome at 50% minimum prevalence in (a) Cattle at genus level (b) buffalo at genus level (c) cattle at species level (d) buffaloes at species level. The colour gradient indicates variability in prevalence.