Table 5.

Rumen microbial alpha diversity statistics after 24 h of in vitro incubation of 4 different substrates.

Microbes	Index	Substrate
		Cassava residues	Corn straw silage	Elephant grass	Sugarcane tail silage
Bacteria	Chao1	833	892	918	986
	Shannon	3.52	5.75	5.58	5.86
	Simpson	0.24	0.01	0.01	0.01
Methanogens	Chao1	16.0	15.0	16.0	17.0
	Shannon	0.89	1.05	1.29	1.17
	Simpson	0.56	0.48	0.41	0.43
Protozoa	Chao1	318	354	332	345
	Shannon	3.34	3.33	3.42	3.37
	Simpson	0.09	0.09	0.07	0.09