TABLE 4.
Diversity estimation of the 16S rRNA gene libraries from microbiota in the duodenum and colon of pigs fed the control UF and FF meals.
| Items | Duodenum | Colon | ||||
| UF | FF | P-value | UF | FF | P-value | |
| Ace | 734.452 ± 255.71 | 563.738 ± 156.54 | 0.142 | 1116.32 ± 84.48 | 968.950 ± 45.31 | 0.132 |
| Chao 1 | 719.902 ± 237.37 | 542.699 ± 149.85 | 0.148 | 1120.88 ± 83.80 | 970.55 ± 42.16 | 0.201 |
| Shannon | 3.573 ± 0.86 | 3.132 ± 1.79 | 0.191 | 7.63 ± 0.31 | 7.12 ± 0.86 | 0.918 |
| Simpson | 0.721 ± 0.08 | 0.637 ± 0.31 | 0.332 | 0.99 ± 0.04 | 0.96 ± 0.07 | 0.993 |
UF, pigs fed with unfermented corn-soybean meal; FF, pigs fed with fermented corn-soybean meal. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM (n = 6).