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

^*Nearest valid taxon is represented by the type strain of the designated species.