Table 8.
Microbiota composition at the genus level for the 15 most abundant genera in cecal digesta of broilers of 36 d of live receiving control diet (CTR) or the same diet supplemented with Muramidase 007 (MUR). Results are expressed as relative abundance (% ± SE) by diet.
| Treatment1 |
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|---|---|---|
| Genus | CTR2 | MUR3 |
| Bacteroides | 32.67 ± 2.253 | 24.41 ± 1.801 |
| Oscillospira | 4.21 ± 0.409 | 4.90 ± 0.316 |
| Lactobacillus | 3.28b ± 2.319 | 4.90a ± 1.087 |
| Akkermansia | 3.83 ± 0.714 | 2.08 ± 0.370 |
| Sutterella | 2.22 ± 0.290 | 1.96 ± 0.323 |
| Ruminococcus | 1.46 ± 0.210 | 2.64 ± 0.396 |
| Megamonas | 0.92 ± 0.574 | 0.69 ± 0.261 |
| Ruminococcus | 1.28 ± 0.126 | 1.26 ± 0.096 |
| Prevotella | 0.89 ± 0.332 | 1.47 ± 0.430 |
| Coprococcus | 0.64 ± 0.113 | 1.67 ± 0.408 |
| Parabacteroides | 0.65 ± 0.242 | 0.99 ± 0.275 |
| Anaerotruncus | 0.73 ± 0.261 | 0.41 ± 0.116 |
| Blautia | 0.18 ± 0.026 | 0.44 ± 0.162 |
| Bifidobacterium | 0.15 ± 0.060 | 0.21 ± 0.061 |
| Dorea | 0.20 ± 0.035 | 0.16 ± 0.018 |
1
n = 24 for CTR and n = 25 for MUR.
2
CTR: Control diet.
3
MUR: Muramidase supplemented at 35,000 LSU (F)/kg.
a,b
Means within a row lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05).