Table 5.
Differential relative abundance of bacterial taxa at the phylum, family, genus and species level in the caecal digesta of chickens supplemented with 300 ppm laminarin (mean % relative abundance ± standard errors).
| Laminarin inclusion level (ppm)1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 300 | SEM | Adjusted P-value | |
| Phylum | ||||
| Actinobacteria | 1.60 | 3.56 | 0.419 | 0.005 |
| Proteobacteria | 1.29 | 2.66 | 0.368 | 0.020 |
| Family | ||||
| Bifidobacteriaceae | 1.53 | 3.53 | 0.416 | 0.003 |
| Genus | ||||
| Bifidobacterium | 1.48 | 3.48 | 0.410 | 0.004 |
| Sporobacter | 2.76 | 1.51 | 0.389 | 0.034 |
| Species | ||||
| Bifidobacterium pseudolongum | 1.22 | 2.71 | 0.367 | 0.011 |
| Sporobacter termitidis | 3.06 | 1.63 | 0.404 | 0.023 |
| Streptococcus alactolyticus | 1.06 | 2.23 | 0.337 | 0.026 |
1
A total of 14 replicates were used for the control and 300 ppm laminarin treatment respectively (replicate = bird).