Table 8.
Effect of dietary ingredient and soluble non-starch polysaccharide level on caeca microbiota profile at d 14 (log10 GDC (genome DNA copies)/g fresh sample).
| Treatment | Lactobacillus | Bifidobacteria | Bacillus | Ruminococcus | Enterobacteriaceae | Bacteriodes | Total anaerobic bacteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grain | |||||||
| Corn | 9.448 | 8.799 | 8.053 | 9.706a | 8.655 | 10.614 | 11.225 |
| Wheat | 9.556 | 8.725 | 8.024 | 9.585b | 8.643 | 10.405 | 11.166 |
| sNSP level | |||||||
| High | 9.486 | 8.701 | 7.977 | 9.620 | 8.598 | 10.507 | 11.147 |
| Medium | 9.518 | 8.779 | 8.076 | 9.683 | 8.708 | 10.485 | 11.252 |
| Low | 9.503 | 8.805 | 8.063 | 9.633 | 8.642 | 10.536 | 11.188 |
| SEM1 | 0.104 | 0.075 | 0.199 | 0.082 | 0.213 | 0.289 | 0.069 |
| P-value | |||||||
| Grain | 0.148 | 0.194 | 0.834 | 0.043 | 0.935 | 0.313 | 0.239 |
| sNSP level | 0.938 | 0.312 | 0.825 | 0.643 | 0.837 | 0.980 | 0.225 |
| Grain × sNSP level | 0.186 | 0.775 | 0.654 | 0.522 | 0.060 | 0.865 | 0.871 |
a-bMean values within a main effect not sharing a common letter are different (P ≤ 0.05).
1
Pooled standard error of mean.