Table 4.

Analysis of variance for alpha-diversity traits in the rumen of Angus steers from different marbling classifications (n = 10 steers per class)

	Marbling class
Diversity trait	Low	High	Standard error	P-value
Chao1	3,075	3,819	180.2	0.009*
Evenness	0.788	0.794	0.0081	0.603
Pdive	120.3	132.3	3.90	0.044*
OTU	1,736	1,967	82.4	0.063
Shannon Index	8.47	8.68	0.129	0.254

*Denotes a diversity trait with a significant difference (P ≤ 0.050) in representation between the two classes of steers.