Table 1 The relative abundance of top 10 genera bacteria in four sheep breeds, expressed as an average percentage of the total (n = 40)

Treponema

6.11

3.09

10.63

5.90

Spirochaetes

Spirochaetes

Succinivibrio

0.82

1.15

6.52

2.96

Gammaproteobacteria

Proteobacteria

5-7N15

1.36

1.35

1.91

1.84

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidetes

Akkermansia

0.70

1.06

2.95

0.87

Verrucomicrobiae

Verrucomicrobia

Coprococcus

1.66

1.36

0.79

1.60

Clostridia

Firmicutes

Oscillospira

1.05

1.19

1.49

1.22

Clostridia

Firmicutes

Ruminococcus

0.87

1.33

0.86

1.25

Clostridia

Firmicutes

Prevotella

0.29

0.83

2.82

0.35

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidetes

Dorea

0.79

1.12

0.79

1.20

Clostridia

Firmicutes

Bacteroides

0.14

0.22

1.80

1.58

Bacteroidia

Bacteroidetes

Other

86.21

87.3

69.44

81.23