Table 2.

The microbial alpha diversity based on whole OTU table in the cecal contents of piglets challenged with LPS.

Items	CON	LPS	P value
Shannon	3.2765 ± 0.3300	3.1117 ± 0.6580	>0.9999
Simpson	0.0949 ± 0.0284	0.1418 ± 0.1081	>0.9999
Sobs	250.2000 ± 29.9370	244.8000 ± 27.7070	0.9975
Ace	303.3700 ± 34.3760	296.9600 ± 15.9010	0.9937
Chao1	304.3800 ± 34.2980	304.2200 ± 16.3850	>0.9999
Coverage	0.9980 ± 0.0002	0.9980 ± 0.0002	>0.9999

Data is presented as the mean ± SEM (n = 6). All numbers were unified as 0.0000. P values are from the Wilcoxon rank sum test.