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The rumen microbiome contributes greatly to the degradation of plant fibres to volatile fatty acids and microbial products, affecting the health and productivity of ruminants. In this study, we investigated the dynamics of colonisation by bacterial communities attached to reeds and cottonseed hulls in the rumen of Tarim red deer, a native species distributed in the desert of the Tarim Basin. The reed and cottonseed hull samples incubated in nylon bags for 1, 6, 12, and 48 h were collected and used to examine the bacterial communities by next-generation sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene. Prevotella1 and Rikenellaceae RC9 were the most abundant taxa in both the reed and cottonseed hull groups at various times, indicating a key role of these organisms in rumen fermentation in Tarim red deer. The relative abundances of cellulolytic bacteria, such as members of Fibrobacter, Treponema 2, Ruminococcaceae NK4A214 and Succiniclasticum increased, while that of the genus Prevotella 1 decreased, with increasing incubation time in both reeds and cottonseed hulls. Moreover, the temporal changes in bacterial diversity between reeds and cottonseed hulls were different, as demonstrated by the variations in the taxa Ruminococcaceae UCG 010 and Papillibacter in the reed group and Sphaerochaeta and Erysipelotrichaceae UCG 004 in the cottonseed hull group; the abundances of these bacteria first decreased and then increased. In conclusion, our results reveal the dynamics of bacterial colonisation of reeds and cottonseed hulls in the rumen of Tarim red deer.
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This study is supported by the Opening Project of Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group (Grant No. HS201702) to ZPL, and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31460610 and 31660671) to WXQ.
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. The dynamic composition at the phylum level of bacteria attached to reeds after 1, 6, 12, and 48 h of incubation in the rumen of Tarim red deer. (TIFF 779 kb)
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. The dynamic composition at the phylum level of bacteria attached to cottonseed hulls after 1, 6, 12, and 48 h of incubation in the rumen of Tarim red deer. (TIFF 731 kb)
Figure S3. Taxonomic representation showing the statistically and biologically difference in reed after 1, 6, 12, and 48
h of incubation in the rumen of Tarim red deer. Differences are represented by the colour of the most abundant class (Green, purple, red and blue indicating the samples after 1, 6, 12 and 48 h). The diameter of each circle’s diameter is proportional to the taxa abundance. (TIFF 1027 kb)
Figure S4. Taxonomic representation showing the statistically and biologically difference in cottonseed hulls over the incubation time.
Differences are represented by the colour of the most abundant class (Green, purple, red and blue indicating the samples after 1, 6, 12 and 48 h). The diameter of each circle’s diameter is proportional to the taxa abundance. (TIFF 1225 kb)
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Qian, W., Ao, W., Jia, C. et al. Bacterial colonisation of reeds and cottonseed hulls in the rumen of Tarim red deer (Cervus elaphus yarkandensis). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 112, 1283–1296 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-019-01260-0
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