Table 2.

Diversity indices of the ileal and cecal microbiota of 35-day-old broilers ¹.

Items	Experimental Diets			SEM	p-Value
	Control	5% WB	5% LS
Ileum
Ace	139.66	212.56	232.67	16.93	0.09
Chao1	138.29	208.83	238.80	18.03	0.10
Simpson	0.70	0.68	0.78	0.03	0.44
Shannon	3.08	2.32	3.15	0.30	0.47
Cecum
Ace	487.91	463.67	478.53	6.55	0.34
Chao1	497.03	467.15	484.96	7.74	0.31
Simpson	0.97	0.96	0.95	0.01	0.59
Shannon	6.34	6.02	6.14	0.12	0.53

¹ Results are means of six samples obtained from the individual birds of each of the control and experimental groups. WB: wheat bran; LS: Laetiporus sulphureus-fermented wheat bran; SEM: standard error of the mean.