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Table 3 Alpha-diversity of bacterial community in the caecal and colonic digesta of weaned pigs1

From: Combined supplementation of Lactobacillus fermentum and Pediococcus acidilactici promoted growth performance, alleviated inflammation, and modulated intestinal microbiota in weaned pigs

Sample

Control

Antibiotic

Probiotics

P-value

Caecal digesta

 Sobs

420.00 ± 24.88

364.00 ± 39.15

315.00 ± 58.80

0.08

 Ace

484.93 ± 28.01

416.52 ± 44.75

366.36 ± 58.34

0.05

 Chao

484.75 ± 30.28

420.03 ± 36.42

373.23 ± 68.57

0.05

 Shannon

4.40 ± 0.24

3.77 ± 0.58

3.71 ± 0.60

0.18

 Simpson

0.03 ± 0.01

0.07 ± 0.06

0.07 ± 0.04

0.43

Colonic digesta

 Sobs

475.33 ± 9.07

427.33 ± 47.06

381.67 ± 34.65

0.05

 Ace

521.66 ± 23.2

476.79 ± 43.89

446.49 ± 34.49

0.11

 Chao

529.69 ± 30.55

480.54 ± 50.12

476.30 ± 60.38

0.30

 Shannon

4.62 ± 0.07

4.08 ± 0.38

3.74 ± 0.50

0.06

 Simpson

0.03 ± 0.002

0.05 ± 0.03

0.09 ± 0.06

0.06

  1. 1 Caecal and colonic digesta samples were obtained from three pigs per group and their microbiota composition were analyzed using 16S rRNA sequencing. All values are means ± SEM