TABLE 1.
Variableb | Value for indicated FPM type (mean ± SD)a |
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Degraded | Normal | High quality | |
DOC (g/kg) | 38.26 ± 2.98 A | 18.17 ± 3.29 B | 8.23 ± 5.57 C |
Total N (g/kg) | 9.38 ± 2.29 A | 8.67 ± 1.32 A | 9.80 ± 2.56 A |
NH4+ (mg/kg) | 249.88 ± 0.81 A | 269.20 ± 3.75 B | 271.77 ± 3.09 B |
AP (mg/kg) | 205.44 ± 61.30 A | 759.78 ± 69.16 B | 805.19 ± 73.81 B |
pH | 4.57 ± 0.1 A | 6.18 ± 0.32 B | 7.61 ± 0.59 C |
Lactate (g/kg) | 30.18 ± 4.55 A | 3.08 ± 2.02 B | 0.85 ± 0.26 B |
Moisture (%) | 36.90 ± 0.45 A | 31.98 ± 3.70 A | 31.07 ± 4.48 A |
N[Clostridia] | 5.95 ± 0.64 A | 8.81 ± 1.05 B | 9.09 ± 5.08 B |
N[C. kluyveri] | 4.02 ± 0.64 A | 6.80 ± 1.52 B | 7.22 ± 1.26 B |
N[LAB] | 8.40 ± 0.25 A | 7.38 ± 0.16 B | 7.08 ± 0.28 B |
Values with different letters (A, B, and C) in a row indicate that they are significantly different from each other (P < 0.05).
N[Clostridia], N[C. kluyveri], and N[LAB] represent the absolute abundances (log10 16S rRNA gene copies/gram of FPM) of Clostridia, C. kluyveri, and LAB in FPM samples, respectively.