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. 2020 Nov 2;100(3):100807. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.10.061

Table 8.

The effect of DON and C. perfringens on the relative abundance of jejunal microbial flora.

Parameter CON DON CP DC SEM P values
DON C. perfringens DON × C. perfringens
Phylum level
 Firmicutes 49.35 75.86 54.50 73.53 6.18 0.079 0.909 0.763
 Proteobacteria 30.22 13.84 27.83 16.62 3.81 0.085 0.980 0.737
 Actinobacteria 13.13 6.76 11.63 6.78 1.48 0.070 0.803 0.797
 Bacteroidetes 2.83 1.23 2.72 1.18 0.39 0.050 0.913 0.969
 Cyanobacteria 2.18 1.07 1.62 0.99 0.25 0.102 0.527 0.642
Genera level
 Lactobacillus 34.95 71.72 50.02 71.24 6.62 0.032 0.567 0.542
 Ochrobactrum 14.55 6.63 14.68 9.79 1.9 0.109 0.670 0.696
 Amycolatopsis 9.26 4.87 7.71 5.05 1.05 0.113 0.751 0.689
 Lactococcus 0.52a 0.11b 0.21b 0.13b 0.04 0.026 0.001 0.013
 Sediminibacterium 1.97 0.82 1.79 0.91 0.27 0.074 0.934 0.797

Numbers within a row with different superscripts differ statistically at P ≤ 0.05.

Abbreviations: CON, basal diet; CP, basal diet + C. perfringens challenge; DC, basal diet + 5 mg of deoxynivalenol per kg diet + C. perfringens challenge; DON, basal diet + 5 mg of deoxynivalenol per kg diet.