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. 2021 Jun 4;12:621803. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.621803

Table 5.

Microbial composition in the ceca digesta of 21-day-old broilers at domain and phylum levels significantly (P < 0.05) affected by studied dietary treatments.

Taxonomy Vac Treatments SEM P values
Control BACI CP1 BP1 CP+BP Vac Treat V X T
Domain Virus No 3.89 3.79 3.86 3.66 3.97 0.16 0.02 0.48 0.31
Yes 4.36 4.22 3.92 4.05 3.86
Bacteria No 6.73 6.71 6.94 6.81 6.78 0.08 0.51 0.12 0.46
Yes 6.57 6.77 6.57 6.83 6.84
Archea No 3.06 2.91 3.04 2.86 2.99 0.05 0.30 0.24 0.19
Yes 3.03 2.99 2.98 3.03 3.00
Phyla Actinobacteria No 5.04 4.90 5.04 4.99 5.13 0.11 0.62 0.29 0.57
Yes 4.87 4.96 5.08 5.22 5.17
Bacteroidetes No 4.50 3.63 3.92 4.37 3.35 0.47 0.51 0.12 0.46
Yes 4.56 3.49 4.32 4.03 3.39
Proteobacteria No 5.38 5.08 5.13 5.03 5.20 0.13 0.00 0.30 0.04
Yes 5.36 5.96 5.48 5.43 5.40
Fusobacteria No 2.91 2.91 2.91 2.81 2.86 0.13 0.03 0.84 0.89
Yes 2.72 2.54 2.82 2.66 2.72
Dictyoglomi No 1.06 0.94 0.96 0.48 0.85 0.20 0.01 0.47 0.50
Yes 0.57 0.26 0.68 0.53 0.44
Elusimicrobia No 1.06 0.96 1.01 0.82 1.02 0.16 0.03 0.90 0.90
Yes 0.74 0.61 0.74 0.77 0.81
Firmicutes No 6.63 6.66 6.90 6.75 6.72 0.10 0.14 0.07 0.53
Yes 6.40 6.54 6.67 6.75 6.79