Table 5.
Most abundant taxa in fresh feces from puppies as affected (P < 0.05) by the interaction between selenium source (inorganic, SeInorg; organic, SeOrg) and age (20–52 weeks).
| SeInorg | SeOrg | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | 20 | 28 | 36 | 44 | 52 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 44 | 52 | sd | P-value |
| p_Actinobacteria | 6.15a | 5.81b,c | 5.33b,c | 5.75a,b | 3.78d | 5.58a,b,c | 5.30a,b | 5.22b,c | 5.33b,c | 4.95c | 0.244 | 0.002 |
| c_Coriobacteriia | 6.02a | 5.22b,c | 4.74c,d | 5.57a,b | 2.90f | 5.18b,c | 4.45d,e | 4.58c,d,e | 4.58c,d,e | 4.03e | 0.233 | <0.001 |
| f_Eggerthellaceae | 2.51a | 2.97a | 2.44a | 2.49a | 0.03a | 2.15a | 2.26a | 2.05a | 2.48a | 2.01b | 0.402 | 0.027 |
| f_Lachnospiraceae | 6.22a | 6.57a | 6.37a | 6.61a | 5.17c | 6.50a | 6.22a | 6.13a,b | 6.23a | 5.69b | 0.179 | 0.049 |
| g_Allisonella | 2.50a,b | 1.90a,b,c | 1.24b,c | 2.73a | 1.51a,b,c | −1.17d | 2.19a,b,c | 1.68a,b,c | 2.21a | 0.93c | 0.551 | 0.021 |
| g_Collinsella | 5.96a | 4.22b,c | 4.44b,c | 5.37a | 2.33d | 5.10a,b | 3.75dc | 4.27b,c | 3.95c | 2.98d,e | 0.294 | 0.013 |
| g_Dubosiella | 2.54a,b,c | 3.13a,b | 3.11a,b | 1.08a,b,c | −0.23d | 1.85bc | 3.39a | 3.35a | 2.17dc | 2.67a,b,c | 0.547 | 0.032 |
| g_[Ruminococcus] gnavus group | 2.58d,e | 3.92a | 3.57a,b | 3.57a,b | 2.01c | 3.52a,b | 3.37b | 3.11b | 2.87b | 2.06b | 0.217 | 0.001 |
| g_[Ruminococcus] torques group | 2.69ef | 4.04a,b | 3.94a,b,c | 4.36a | 3.02d,ef | 2.28f | 3.22c,d,e | 3.23c,d,e | 3.51b,c,d | 3.49b,c,d | 0.266 | 0.046 |
sd: standard deviation.
Letters before bacterial groups designate taxa: p_: phylum; c_: class; o_: order; f_: family; g_: genus.
Values in the same row that share a common superscript are not statistically different (P > 0.05).