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. 2013 Oct;26(10):1437–1445. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13143

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
a,b

The means within a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).