Influence of empirically derived filtering parameters, ASV, and OTU pipelines on assessing rumen microbial diversity

Microbes play an important role in human and animal health as well as animal productivity. The host microbial interactions within ruminants play a critical role in ani- mal health and productivity and provide up to 70% of the animal’s energy need in the form of fermentation prod- ucts. As such, many studies have investigated microbial community composition to understand microbial com- munity changes and factors that affect microbial coloni- zation and persistence. The advances in next...