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Table 5.

Alpha diversity of clostridial community in alfalfa silage during ensiling.

Treatments	Days	Reads	OTUs	Shannon	Chao	Coverage
CK	0	1279^d	24^ab	2.93^a^b	31^a	0.99
	7	7044^cA	26^a	3.40^a^A	33^a	0.99
	14	4035^cd	23^ab	2.83^bB	25^abc	0.99
	28	21154^bA	18^b	1.73^cB	19^b^B	1.00
	56	41069^aA	5^cC	0.09^dC	7^cC	0.99
LP	0	1266^c	26^a	3.04^a	30^a	0.99
	7	3485^cAB	23^a	2.61^a^bB	26^a	1.00
	14	4010^b^c	20^ab	3.08^aAB	22^ab	0.99
	28	7998^bB	19^ab	1.97^bB	21^abAB	0.99
	56	28024^aB	13^bB	0.81^cB	16^bB	0.99
S	0	1187	25	2.96	32	0.99
	7	4575^AB	22	2.92^B	29	0.99
	14	2581	20	3.19^AB	24	1.00
	28	4099^BC	22	3.04^A	29^A	0.99
	56	3869^C	19^AB	3.22^A	26^A	0.99
LP + S	0	1243	24	2.97	32	0.99
	7	2065^B	23	2.94^B	31	1.00
	14	3855	22	3.23^A	23	0.99
	28	3394^C	22	3.01^A	26^A	0.99
	56	2300^C	24^A	3.17^A	24^AB	0.99
P-value	T	0.030	0.035	0.027	0.029	0.162
	S	0.019	0.047	0.006	0.037	0.540
	T × S	0.051	0.111	0.102	0.035	0.771
SEM		669	0.911	0.716	1.13	0.0003

^a–dMeans within a column with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05); ^A–EMeans within a raw with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05). CK, control; LP, Lactobacillus plantarum; S, sucrose; LP + S, the addition of both sucrose and Lactobacillus plantarum; T, effect of treatment; S, effect of storage period; T × S: interaction between treatment and storage period; SEM, standard error of means.