Species
|
Sodium nitrate, g/kg
|
SE
|
P
|
---|
0
|
0.11
|
0.22
|
0.44
|
---|
Total bacteria
|
13.21
|
13.60
|
12.46
|
13.31
|
0.16
|
0.108
|
Protozoa
|
8.77
|
9.00
|
7.51
|
8.46
|
0.23
|
0.142
|
Methanogenic archaea
|
8.50
|
9.05
|
7.76
|
8.65
|
0.19
|
0.180
|
Fungi
|
7.53
|
7.40
|
7.26
|
7.58
|
0.11
|
0.817
|
B. proteoclasticus
|
8.75
|
8.77
|
7.92
|
9.21
|
0.17
|
0.087
|
B. fibrisolvens + Pseudobutyrivibrio spp.
|
7.64
|
7.70
|
7.05
|
8.12
|
0.20
|
0.410
|
‘Atypical’ Butyrivibrio
|
8.43ab
|
8.67ab
|
7.68a
|
9.27b
|
0.19
|
0.033
|
B. hungatei
|
8.05
|
8.33
|
7.21
|
8.40
|
0.19
|
0.154
|
- Different letters in the same row means significant differences (P < 0.05)