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Table 6 Effects of kudzu-leaf flavonoids supplement on the relative abundances of cecal microbiota at the level of phyla

From: Growth performances, gastrointestinal epithelium and bacteria responses of Yellow-feathered chickens to kudzu-leaf flavonoids supplement

Phyla

CON

KLF

AGP

SEM

P Value

Bacteroidetes

14.97a

14.84a

14.57b

0.05

0.017

Firmicutes

14.09

14.24

14.19

0.04

0.281

Proteobacteria

11.09c

11.76b

12.46a

0.13

0.001

Tenericutes

7.44

7.02

6.95

0.16

0.253

Actinobacteria

7.66

7.40

8.37

0.27

0.222

Elusimicrobia

6.40

6.61

6.45

0.32

0.478

Synergistetes

7.26

7.17

8.11

0.15

0.098

Verrucomicrobia

5.83

5.59

6.00

0.21

0.871

Others

7.46

8.58

7.98

0.26

0.214

  1. Sequences relative abundances were transformed using log2
  2. SEM standard error of the mean; CON control treatment; KLF kudzu-leaf flavonoids supplement treatment; AGP the antibiotic supplement (Aureomycin) treatments
  3. a,bWithin rows and with different letters differed significantly (P  <  0.05)