Table 2.

Phylum-level composition of the jejunum digesta among different groups.

Phylum	Relative abundance (%)					P
	N-CON	P-CON	CT	MLF	CM
Acidobacteria	0.00 ± 0.00b	0.03 ± 0.02b	0.02 ± 0.02b	0.04 ± 0.03b	0.13 ± 0.08a	0.0103
Actinobacteria	24.86 ± 2.75a	29.59 ± 16.18a	14.53 ± 12.38ab	4.07 ± 2.30b	13.23 ± 10.67ab	0.0112
Bacteroidetes	0.36 ± 0.23c	1.65 ± 1.51c	5.37 ± 4.47bc	20.62 ± 17.28a	10.82 ± 2.87ab	0.0022
Chloroflexi	0.02 ± 0.00	0.07 ± 0.05	0.03 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.12	0.1822
Firmicutes	70.07 ± 7.78	62.54 ± 15.51	71.59 ± 9.20	46.59 ± 28.78	55.70 ± 6.42	0.1798
Proteobacteria	0.99 ± 0.30c	3.97 ± 3.29bc	7.43 ± 4.54b	28.10 ± 14.77a	18.85 ± 2.62a	<0.0001
Synergistetes	0.24 ± 0.18	0.19 ± 0.13	0.05 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.04	0.01 ± 0.00	0.4400
Tenericutes	3.36 ± 2.18	1.69 ± 0.84	0.62 ± 0.57	0.16 ± 0.16	0.28 ± 0.11	0.2553
TM7	0.05 ± 0.02	0.07 ± 0.03	0.21 ± 0.14	0.08 ± 0.06	0.28 ± 0.19	0.1281
Verrucomicrobia	0.02 ± 0.02b	0.05 ± 0.05b	0.04 ± 0.03b	0.07 ± 0.06b	0.22 ± 0.09a	0.0468

Values are mean ± SD. ^a,bValues in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).