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Table 2.

Chemical and microbial composition of maize grain silages treated with various bacterial inoculants after 48 days of ensiling in microsilos

	Negative control	LB	LR	LPk	LPs	LF	LB + LR	LB + LR + LPk	LB + LR + LPk + LPs	LB + LR + LPk + LPs + LF	SD
DM (%)	57.2^a	60.8^c	59.8^b	59.5^b	59.9^b	60.2^bc	60.9^c	60.8^c	60.2^bc	60.9^c	0.3
pH	4.82^a	4.12^b	4.18^b	4.08^bc	4.08^bc	4.00^c	4.08^bc	3.96^c	3.94^c	3.90^c	0.13
Lactic acid (g kg⁻¹)	11.8^a	17.2^b	16.8^b	18.4^bc	18.2^b	18.0^b	17.8^b	18.8^bc	18.2^b	19.6^c	2.0
Acetic acid (g kg⁻¹)	3.8^a	4.7^b	3.7^a	4.6^b	4.1^a	3.9^a	5.1^b	4.8^b	4.7^b	4.8^b	0.6
Propionic acid (mg 100 g⁻¹)	0^a	36.72^c	3.5^b	2.72^b	2.00^b	0^a	45.54^d	47.36^d	48.84^d	52.68^d	0.8
1,2-Propanediol (mg 100 g^− 1)	0^a	30.64 ^g	1.83^b	1.04^b	0^a	0^a	27.80^f	24.36^e	17.89^d	9.86^c	0.7
1- propanol (mg 100 g⁻¹)	0^a	56.52^b	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	70.84^c	72.67^c	74.65^c	75.05^c	1.2
LAB (log cfu g⁻¹)	7.30^a	8.02^ab	7.60^a	8.60^b	8.30^b	8.00^ab	8.00^ab	8.80^b	8.70^b	8.80^b	0.50
Yeast (log cfu g⁻¹ DM⁻¹)	4.60^c	2.90^a	3.30^b	2.50^a	2.60^a	2.90^a	2.60^a	2.30^a	> 2.00	> 2.00	0.60
Molds (log cfu g DM⁻¹)	6.30^a	4.00^b	4.30^b	3.60^bc	3.30^c	4.00^b	3.30^c	2.30^d	2.00^d	2.00^d	0.70
Salmonella sp. (log cfu g DM⁻¹)	2.60^a	0^b	> 2.00	0^b	0^b	> 2.00	0^b	0^b	0^b	0^b	0.20
E. coli (log cfu g DM⁻¹)	3.60^a	2.00^b	2.00^b	0^c	0^c	2.00^b	0^c	0^c	0^c	0^c	0.20
Coliform (log cfu g DM⁻¹)	3.90^d	2.30^c	2.60^c	1.00^b	2.00^bc	2.30^c	2.00^bc	1.00^b	1.00^b	0^a	0.50
Alfatoxin B₁ in DM (ppb)	13.60^f	10.50^e	12.98^f	10.50^e	9.85^d	4.62^b	9.00^d	7.40^c	4.56^b	2.75^a	0.32
Ochratoxin A in DM (ppb	16.30^a	12.96^b	15.38^a	8.06^d	4.34^f	7.90^d	10.38^c	5.87^e	3.78^f	3.30^f	0.38
Aerobic stability (h)	72^a	162^b	158^b	172^b	170^b	156^b	180^bc	205^c	216^c	218^c	21

Statistically different groups marked with different letters according to Tukey’s test