Table 5.
Bacterial taxonomic assignment and ranking within the cecal digesta of broilers.
| Item | Relative Abundance (%) | SEM | p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NC 1 | PC | FP | NC vs. PC | PC vs. FP | FP vs. NC | ||
| Phylum | |||||||
| Firmicutes | 98.5 | 99.4 | 99.3 | 0.15 | 0.015 | 0.132 | 0.025 |
| Proteobacteria | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.16 | 0.009 | 0.049 | 0.021 |
| Actinobacteria | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.010 | 0.030 | 0.408 |
| Genus | |||||||
| Lachnospiraceae_unclassified | 53.3 | 41.5 | 41.5 | 2.26 | <0.001 | 1.000 | 0.032 |
| Ruminococcus_torques_group | 21.5 | 27.0 | 17.2 | 1.51 | 0.022 | 0.003 | 0.019 |
| Lactobacillus | 2.2 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 1.30 | 0.026 | 0.031 | 0.045 |
| Ruminiclostridium_9 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 0.24 | 0.001 | 0.052 | <0.001 |
| Butyricicoccus | 2.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 0.32 | <0.001 | 0.780 | <0.001 |
| Blautia | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 0.64 | <0.001 | 0.009 | <0.001 |
| Eubacterium_hallii_group | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.20 | 0.016 | 0.095 | 0.001 |
| Ruminiclostridium_5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.15 | 0.004 | 0.510 | 0.005 |
| Sellimonas | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.25 | 0.001 | 0.680 | 0.015 |
| Romboutsia | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.20 | 0.382 | 0.003 | 0.001 |
1 NC = Basal diet; PC = Basal diet in combination with the coccidial challenge; FP = Basal diet plus 1 g/kg of B. licheniformis-fermented products in combination with the coccidial challenge.