Research Article
Lean Breed Landrace Pigs Harbor Fecal Methanogens at Higher Diversity and Density than Obese Breed Erhualian Pigs
Table 2
Comparison of OTUs between Erhualian and Landrace pigs.
| OTU | No. of sequences |
Nearest valid taxon* | % Seq. identity | Erhualian | Landrace |
| 1 | 13 | — | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 96.3 | 2 | 5 | — | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 96.9 | 3 | 81 | — | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.1 | 4 | 15 | — | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 97.1 | 5 | 6 | — | Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 97.4 | 6 | 9 | — | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 97.8 | 7 | — | 5 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 95.3 | 8 | — | 6 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 93.9 | 9 | — | 4 | Methanobrevibacter ruminantium | 98.8 | 10 | — | 5 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 95.1 | 11 | 141 | 4 | Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii | 98.8 | 12 | — | 2 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 97.0 | 13 | 111 | 89 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 99.9 | 14 | — | 43 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 97.1 | 15 | — | 5 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 94.6 | 16 | — | 17 | Methanosphaera stadtmanae | 95.7 | 17 | — | 19 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 94.9 | 18 | — | 2 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 94.2 | 19 | — | 10 | Methanosphaera stadtmanae | 97.2 | 20 | — | 81 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 98.1 | 21 | — | 12 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 95.5 | 22 | — | 7 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 97.4 | 23 | — | 6 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 94.5 | 24 | — | 6 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 94.2 | 25 | — | 2 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 95.5 | 26 | — | 3 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 97.4 | 27 | — | 1 | Methanobrevibacter millerae | 98.5 | 28 | — | 46 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 96.8 | 29 | — | 2 | Methanosphaera stadtmanae | 96.7 | 30 | — | 4 | Methanosphaera cuniculi | 95.3 | 31 | — | 1 | Methanobrevibacter smithii | 95.3 |
| Totals | 381 | 382 | | |
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*Nearest valid taxon is represented by the type strain of the designated species.
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