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Table 4 Species richness, diversity and evenness indices of rumen bacteria affected by different protein source of diets

From: Effects of different protein sources on nutrient disappearance, rumen fermentation parameters and microbiota in dual-flow continuous culture system

 

Treatments

SEM

P-value

 

SBM

RSM

CSM

OUTs number

527.83b

545.67a

536.00ab

2.94

0.03

Chao

566.53

587.82

572.80

5.91

0.07

Shannon

6.83

6.84

6.77

0.10

0.86

Simpson

0.98

0.97

0.97

< 0.01

0.75

Coverage

1.00

1.00

1.00

< 0.01

0.80

ACE observed species

523.67

539.00

528.67

4.57

0.08

PD_whole_tree

22.14

22.69

22.06

0.23

0.14

  1. SBM: Soybean meal; RSM: Rapeseed meal; CSM: Cottonseed meal
  2. abMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P < 0.05)
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