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Table 1 Effect of equine type on fecal microbial concentrations

From: Domesticated equine species and their derived hybrids differ in their fecal microbiota

Microbea

Donkey

Pony

Pony × Donkey

P value

Bacteria

52.4 ± 16.8

51.0 ± 11.9

59.7 ± 21.4

0.70

Archaea

2.27 ± 0.34

1.85 ± 0.75

2.08 ± 1.04

0.39

Anaerobic Fungi

1.17 ± 0.50

2.05 ± 1.22

1.78 ± 0.82

0.25

  1. aAverage values (n = 8) ± standard deviation are given for 16S (bacteria and archaea) and 5.8S (anaerobic fungi) rRNA gene copies expressed × 108 gene copies per g fresh weight of feces