Table 2.
Relative abundance of the dominant phyla in duodenum, cecum and feces of the laying hens.
| Duodenum (%) | Cecum (%) | Feces (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom | Phylum | BFE1 | PFE | Kingdom | Phylum | BFE | PFE | Kingdom | Phylum | BFE | PFE |
| Bacteria | Firmicutes | 76.52A | 65.18B | Bacteria | Bacteroidetes | 54.86 | 56.28 | Bacteria | Firmicutes | 54.57 | 61.41 |
| Bacteria | Bacteroidetes | 7.10 | 12.73 | Bacteria | Firmicutes | 27.74 | 26.93 | Bacteria | Bacteroidetes | 15.84 | 13.77 |
| Bacteria | Proteobacteria | 7.41 | 8.35 | Bacteria | Proteobacteria | 6.02 | 7.16 | Bacteria | Fusobacteria | 8.93 | 14.19 |
| Bacteria | Fusobacteria | 0.93A | 6.39B | Bacteria | Fusobacteria | 2.91 | 1.62 | Bacteria | Proteobacteria | 15.25 | 6.55 |
| Bacteria | Cyanobacteria | 2.01 | 2.60 | Bacteria | Cyanobacteria | 0.53 | 0.50 | Bacteria | Cyanobacteria | 0.48 | 0.55 |
| Archaea | Euryarchaeota | 2.13 | 1.10 | Bacteria | Tenericutes | 0.42 | 0.45 | Bacteria | Actinobacteria | 0.35 | 0.23 |
| Bacteria | Acidobacteria | 0.76 | 0.36 | Bacteria | Verrucomicrobia | 0.52A | 0.04B | Bacteria | Tenericutes | 0.30 | 0.22 |
| Bacteria | Actinobacteria | 0.70 | 0.39 | Bacteria | Deferribacteres | 0.13 | 0.20 | Bacteria | Acidobacteria | 0.05 | 0.08 |
| Bacteria | Verrucomicrobia | 0.41 | 0.24 | Bacteria | Spirochaetes | 0.19 | 0.12 | Bacteria | Verrucomicrobia | 0.04 | 0.08 |
| Bacteria | Planctomycetes | 0.33 | 0.20 | Bacteria | Actinobacteria | 0.14 | 0.13 | Archaea | Euryarchaeota | 0.07 | 0.03 |
Different superscripted capital letters in the same segment indicate an adjusted significant difference at P < 0.01. BFE and PFE denote better feed efficiency and poor feed efficiency, respectively.