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Table 2 Relative abundances of bacterial phyla obserbed in each anatomical site in both control and MRF supplemented broilers

From: Effect of Mannan-rich fraction supplementation on commercial broiler intestinum tenue and cecum microbiota

 

Duodenum

Jejunum

Ileum

Cecum

Control (η%)

MRF (η%)

FC

Control (η%)

MRF (η%)

FC

Control (η%)

MRF (η%)

FC

Control (η%)

MRF (η%)

FC

Firmicutes

77.64

52.87

−0.319*

87.11

96.66

0.110

88.49

87.81

−0.008

74.76

91.17

0.220*

Actinobacteria

18.00

2.59

−0.856*

12.12

2.84

−0.766

9.28

11.96

0.288

13.89

1.88

−0.864*

Proteobacteria

4.08

44.45

9.902*

0.81

0.36

−0.553

2.55

0.23

−0.908*

1.75

3.34

0.908

Bacteroidetes

0.02

0.04

N/A

0.00

0.00

N/A

0.00

0.00

N/A

9.57

3.99

−0.583

  1. Significant differences (PBD ≤ 0.05) are denoted by a superscript asterisk (*) and emboldened for each row in each intestinal section. Data associated with significance are also emboldened. Increases are denoted by positive fold changes whereas decreases are denoted by negative fold changes