Table 3.

Alpha diversity of bacterial communities in the anterior and posterior intestinal tract sections of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) fed a control and the diet supplemented with a blend of garlic, carvacrol, and thymol essential oils (EOs).

			Chao1	Shannon	Simpson
Intestine	Anterior	Control	64.583 ± 3.357	2.513 ± 0.231	0.863 ± 0.046
		EOs diet	69.437 ± 13.013	2.288 ± 0.470	0.838 ± 0.093
	Posterior	Control	58.167 ± 7.182	2.401 ± 0.550	0.807 ± 0.164
		EOs diet	62.770 ± 14.983	2.363 ± 0.220	0.863 ± 0.039