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Table 4.

Gut microbiota of O. niloticus fed on S. cerevisiae and B. subtilis treated diets in low input ponds.

Parameter	Diet
Parameter	Diet 0	Diet 1	Diet 2	Diet 3	Diet 4	Diet 5	Diet 6
Total plate count (log CFU g⁻¹) (10⁻⁴)	1.85 ± 0.14^ab	1.87 ± 0.02^ab	1.70 ± 0.02^ab	1.73 ± 0.02^ab	1.94 ± 0.02^a	1.75 ± 0.03^ab	1.63 ± 0.03^b
Yeast (log CFU g⁻¹) (10⁻⁴)	1.35 ± 0.02^a	1.63 ± 0.05^b	1.62 ± 0.04^b	1.64 ± 0.06^b	1.34 ± 0.02^a	1.36 ± 0.02^a	1.35 ± 0.03^a
Bacillus spp. (log CFU g⁻¹ (10⁻⁴)	1.48 ± 0.03^a	2.01 ± 0.06^b	2.44 ± 0.17^b	2.01 ± 0.07^b	2.05 ± 0.12^b	2.30 ± 0.05^b	2.03 ± 0.10^b

^aData represented as means ± SEM (n = 3). Mean values in the same row having different superscript letters (a, b and c) are significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.