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Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients among α diversity of attached bacteria of 24 h and nutritional composition

From: In situ rumen degradation characteristics and bacterial colonization of whole cottonseed, cottonseed hull and cottonseed meal with different gossypol content

Item	CP	NDF	ADF	EE	FG
OTU numbers	0.30	− 0.15	− 0.12	− 0.91**	− 0.85**
Chao 1 values	0.30	− 0.16	− 0.12	− 0.89**	− 0.85**
Shannon index	0.28	− 0.16	− 0.14	− 0.69**	− 0.63**

ADF acid detergent fiber, CP crude protein, EE ether extract, FG free gossypol, NDF neutral detergent fiber, OTU operational taxonomic units
^**P < 0.01

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