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By microbiota transplantation and \u03b3-ray irradiation sterilization, the irradiated Italian ryegrass was treated as follows: (1) sterile distilled water (STIR); (2) epiphytic microbiota on Italian ryegrass (IRIR); (3) epiphytic microbiota on alfalfa (IRAL); and (4) epiphytic microbiota on red clover (IRRC). The irradiated Italian ryegrass was ensiled for 1, 3, 7, 15, 30, and 60 days. STIR had similar chemical components with fresh Italian ryegrass. IRAL had higher lactic acid concentrations [64.0 g\/kg dry matter (DM)] than IRIR (22.3 g\/kg DM) and IRRC (49.4 g\/kg DM) on day 3. IRRC had the lowest lactic acid concentrations (59.7 g\/kg DM) and the highest pH (4.64), acetic acid (60.4 g\/kg DM), ethanol (20.4 g\/kg DM), and ammonia nitrogen (82.6 g\/kg DM) concentrations and Enterobacteriaceae [9.51 log<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub> cfu\/g fresh weight (FW)] populations among treatments on day 60. On days 3 and 60, <jats:italic>Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic> was dominant in both IRIR (42.2%; 72.7%) and IRAL (29.7%; 91.6%), while <jats:italic>Hafnia-Obesumbacterium<\/jats:italic> was predominant in IRRC (85.2%; 48.9%). IRIR and IRAL had lower abundances of \u201cMembrane transport\u201d than IRRC on day 3. IRIR and IRAL had lower abundances of phosphotransacetylase and putative ATP-binding cassette transporter and higher abundances of arginine deiminase on day 3. IRAL had the highest abundance of fructokinase on day 3. Overall, inoculating epiphytic microbiota from different legume forages changed the fermentative products, bacterial community compositions, and their predicted functional characteristics in Italian ryegrass silage. The microbial factors that result in the differences in fermentative profiles between legume forage and grass were revealed. 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