Table 3.
Archaeal and bacterial richness and diversity measures for liquid-associated microbes (LAM) and solid-associated microbes (SAM) samples for freeze-dried and ground and frozen minced forage types.
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P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeze-dried and ground | Frozen minced | SEM | Preparation | Day | Preparation × Day | |
| LAM | ||||||
| Shannon index | 4.34 | 4.16 | 0.105 | 0.257 | 0.831 | 0.233 |
| PD whole tree | 72.2 | 73.1 | 1.06 | 0.541 | 0.022 | 0.172 |
| Number of OTUs | 1070 | 1088 | 26.0 | 0.643 | 0.243 | 0.135 |
| SAM | ||||||
| Shannon index | 3.61 | 3.87 | 0.101 | 0.141 | – | – |
| PD whole tree | 59.7 | 59.1 | 2.404 | 0.848 | – | – |
| Number of OTUs | 908 | 947 | 49.445 | 0.607 | – | – |
PD, phylogenetic diversity; OTU, operational taxonomic unit.