Table 3.

Digestion-related bacteria presented in samples

Groups	NC	BC	BL	BM	BH
Rikenellaceae#	567	310	414	202	3349
Ruminococcaceae#	47	95	50	24	2346
Lachnospiraceae#	222	347	294	375	6141
Odoribacter*	58	117	64	11	2546
Desulfovibrio*	1	2	2	0	19
Alistipes*	40	71	50	12	2071

The numbers represent the total abundance of bacteria genus presented in the community. NC, fishes were fed with basal diet; BC, fishes were fed with pellets covered with B.s-CotC spores (1 × 10⁸ CFU g⁻¹ pellets); BL, BM, BH, fishes were fed with pellets covered with dosages of 1 × 10⁵, 1 × 10⁸, 1 × 10¹¹ CFU g⁻¹ pellets B.s-CotC-CsPmy spores, respectively

^#at family level

*at genus level