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Table 1 Statistics for pairwise beta dispersion and PERMANOVA

From: Transition of microbiota in chicken cecal droppings from commercial broiler farms

Age, feed type, or farm

Beta dispersion

Unweighted UniFrac distance

Weighted UniFrac distance

Weeks 1–2 – Weeks 3–4

n.s.

n.s.

Weeks 1–2 – Weeks 5–6

P = 1.1e-5***

n.s.

Weeks 3–4 – Weeks 5–6

P = 4.9e-3**

n.s.

Starter – Grower

n.s.

n.s.

Starter – Finisher

P = 1.4e-2*

n.s.

Grower – Finisher

P = 8.0e-6***

P = 1.1e-2*

Farm A – Farm B

n.s.

P = 8.2e-3**

Farm A – Farm C

P = 6.5e-3**

P = 3.2e-3**

Farm B – Farm C

n.s.

n.s.

Age, feed type, or farm

PERMANOVA

Unweighted UniFrac distance

Weighted UniFrac distance

Ages

R2 = 0.1756 (P = 1e-04***)

R2 = 0.0822 (P = 1e-04***)

Feed types

R2 = 0.1974 (P = 1e-04***)

R2 = 0.0882 (P = 1e-04***)

Farms

R2 = 0.0647 (P = 1e-04***)

R2 = 0.0591 (P = 1e-04***)

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001