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Table 3.

Effects on α diversity of gut microbiota of largemouth bass fed with control, BA150, BA300 and BA450 diet for 5 weeks.

Estimators	Control	BA150	BA300	BA450
Shannon	3.54 ± 0.63	3.05 ± 1.89	2.96 ± 1.10	3.17 ± 1.15
Simpson	0.12 ± 0.08	0.29 ± 0.41	0.24 ± 0.24	0.18 ± 0.14
Ace	788.28 ± 54.14^c	463.85 ± 206.75^b	436.05 ± 98.39^a	485.36 ± 81.75^a
Chao	789.12 ± 53.04^c	452.79 ± 244.71^b	443.19 ± 97.71^a	480.32 ± 92.64^a

^{a, b, c} Different superscripts in the same row indicate significant differences (Duncan's test; P < 0.05).