Table 4.
The 16s rRNA gene copies of phylum Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes in rumen
Item | Corn grain proportion (% of DM)
|
SEM | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 25 | 50 | |||
Firmicutes (×108copies/mL) | 9.56 | 6.43 | 6.17 | 1.289 | 0.146 |
Bacteroidetes (×109copies/mL) | 4.61a | 1.95b | 1.48b | 0.391 | <0.001 |
Firmicutes/bacteroidetes | 0.21b | 0.32a | 0.40a | 0.033 | 0.001 |
The means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).