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Table 4 Fecal bacterial abundance in finishing steers fed a total mixed ration supplemented with EML and SMFP

From: Effect of ensiled mulberry leaves and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace on the fecal bacterial community composition in finishing steers

Bacteria

Experimental diet1

SEM2

P value

CON

EML

SMFP

Fibrobacter succinogenes

0.0268

0.0280

0.0361

0.0149

0.8933

Prevotella bryantii

0.0006

0.0068

0.0007

0.0032

0.3577

Prevotella ruminicola

0.0005

0.0089

0.0008

0.0049

0.4510

Ruminococcus flavefaciens

0.1069

0.1211

0.1735

0.0615

0.7336

Selenomonas ruminantium

0.0725

0.1424

0.1277

0.0170

0.0591

Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens

0.0993

3.2201

3.9093

0.9618

0.0652

Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

0.0001

0.0170

0.0179

0.0049

0.0702

Eubacterium ruminatium

0.0000

0.0047

0.0020

0.0016

0.2129

Megasphaera elsdenii

0.0001

0.0105

0.0060

0.0031

0.1337

Prevotella brevis

0.0000

0.0021

0.0009

0.0007

0.1935

Ruminobacter amylophilus

0.0000

0.0484

0.0038

0.0269

0.4220

Ruminococcus albus

0.0114b

1.7266a

0.5975b

0.1804

0.0015

Streptococcus bovis

0.0034b

0.2918a

0.2086a

0.0435

0.0086

  1. 1 CON Control (n = 4), EML Ensiled mulberry leaves (n = 4), SMFP sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (n = 4)
  2. 2 SEM Standard error of the mean
  3. Population sizes are expressed as percentages of the 16S rRNA gene copy number of the total bacteria
  4. Different letters in the same row indicate a significant difference between values within the row (p < 0.05)