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Table 2 Estimates of genetic (\(r_{g}\)) and phenotypic (\(r_{p}\)) correlations and of regression coefficients \(\lambda_{i,Genus}\) between the considered genera and each of the four traits

From: Composition of the ileum microbiota is a mediator between the host genome and phosphorus utilization and other efficiency traits in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Trait

Genusa

\(r_{g}\)

SE

\(r_{p}\)

SE

\(\lambda_{i,Genus}\)b

SE

P utilization

Bacillus

0.36

0.35

0.14

0.04

0.081

0.026

Enterococcus

− 0.19

0.38

− 0.09

0.04

− 0.039

0.016

Escherichia/Shigella

− 0.07

0.35

− 0.07

0.04

− 0.026

0.014

Lactococcus

0.52

0.36

0.13

0.04

0.055

0.020

Leuconostoc

0.48

0.35

0.13

0.04

0.070

0.024

Streptococcus

− 0.14

0.37

− 0.09

0.04

− 0.030

0.013

Feed intake

Bacillus

0.35

0.34

0.29

0.06

0.095

0.023

Curtobacterium

0.17

0.36

0.20

0.05

0.029

0.009

Lactococcus

0.37

0.37

0.27

0.06

0.057

0.018

Leuconostoc

0.47

0.34

0.31

0.07

0.082

0.021

Microbacterium

− 0.03

0.40

0.17

0.05

0.028

0.011

Body weight gain

Bacillus

0.35

0.39

0.23

0.05

0.102

0.025

Curtobacterium

0.41

0.37

0.19

0.04

0.035

0.010

Enterococcus

− 0.69

0.33

− 0.15

0.04

− 0.054

0.015

Lactococcus

0.48

0.40

0.24

0.05

0.076

0.019

Leuconostoc

0.47

0.39

0.25

0.05

0.097

0.023

Macrococcus

0.15

0.37

− 0.16

0.07

− 0.024

0.012

Streptococcus

0.16

0.42

− 0.11

0.04

− 0.056

0.013

Feed per gain

Aerococcus

0.25

0.41

0.12

0.04

0.038

0.011

Clostridium sensu stricto

0.15

0.37

− 0.11

0.04

− 0.050

0.013

Cutibacterium

− 0.25

0.41

0.09

0.04

0.027

0.011

Enterococcus

0.54

0.40

0.17

0.04

0.058

0.016

Escherichia/Shigella

0.01

0.41

− 0.09

0.04

− 0.035

0.014

Lactococcus

− 0.38

0.43

− 0.07

0.05

− 0.064

0.020

Ruminococcus 2

− 0.33

0.47

0.11

0.04

0.039

0.015

Sellimonas

− 0.27

0.48

0.10

0.04

0.014

0.006

Staphylococcus

− 0.13

0.43

0.14

0.04

0.058

0.020

Streptococcus

0.32

0.43

0.12

0.04

0.038

0.013

  1. SE standard errors
  2. aAll genera with a significant heritability (p ≤ 0.05), significant Pearson correlation (p ≤ 0.05) and significant structural coefficient (p ≤ 0.05) between the genus and the considered trait
  3. bIn units \(\sigma_{p}\)