Table 5.
Effects of P.SMS on Alpha diversity of rumen bacteria and fungi in Hu sheep.
| Items | Groups * | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | PSMS5 | PSMS10 | PSMS15 | PSMS20 | ||
| Bacteria | ||||||
| ACE | 573 | 536.15 | 530.34 | 569.34 | 446.66 | 0.291 |
| Chao1 | 517.81 | 506.02 | 493.68 | 552.79 | 406.4 | 0.312 |
| Simpson | 0.90 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.132 |
| Shannon | 5.75 | 6.47 | 6.00 | 6.72 | 5.53 | 0.270 |
| PD_whole_tree | 30.44 | 28.82 | 28.00 | 29.19 | 22.44 | 0.352 |
| Coverage | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | |
| Fungus | ||||||
| ACE | 126.60 | 97.55 | 89.22 | 97.27 | 105.06 | 0.297 |
| Chao1 | 126.73 | 94.05 | 85.38 | 98.78 | 108.07 | 0.455 |
| Simpson | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.319 |
| Shannon | 4.19 | 3.96 | 4.18 | 4.00 | 3.99 | 0.643 |
| PD_whole_tree | 18.19 | 19.31 | 18.75 | 20.39 | 21.15 | 0.596 |
| Coverage | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
*
P.SMS replaced WPCS at levels of 0%, CON; 5%, PSMS5; 10%, PSMS10; 15%, PSMS15; or 20%, PSMS20.