TABLE 3.

Species richness levels and Shannon and Simpson indices of diversity as calculated from normalized TRFLP profiles for ileal effluents and feces of pigs fed diets supplemented with viscous and fermentable nonstarch polysaccharide fractions^a

Characteristic	Value for indicated supplement					P
	Low fermentability		High fermentability		Pooled (SEM)
	Low-viscosity CEL	High-viscosity CMC	Low-viscosity LG	High-viscosity HG
Ileal effluent
Species richness	3.50	4.25	3.50	5.00	1.78	0.288
Shannon index	0.23	0.42	0.29	0.43	0.20	0.160
Simpson index	0.26	0.50	0.35	0.48	0.23	0.156
Feces
Species richness	11.60	16.25	13.67	15.14	4.19	0.277
Shannon index	0.68	0.98	0.80	0.90	0.21	0.086
Simpson index	0.65	0.83	0.72	0.79	0.12	0.076

^aData are presented as least-square means (n = 8). CEL, cellulose; CMC, carboxymethylcellulose.