Table 7.
Effect of a protected organic acids-essential oils blend with or without oat hulls on differentially abundant bacterial species (Normalized OTU counts) between treatment groups (MetagenomeSeq, P < 0.05)1.
| Treatments2 |
P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAS | BMD | OE | OEOH | |
| Firmicutes_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Tenericutes RF39_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Ruminococcaceae_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Bacteria_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Firmicutes_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Turicibacter_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Clostridiales_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Bacteria_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Bacteria _unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Firmicutes_unclassified | 0.000 | |||
| Clostridiales_unclassified | 0.001 | |||
| Bacteria_unclassified | 0.001 | |||
| Firmicutes_unclassified | 0.002 | |||
OTU = operational taxonomic units.
1
Significance was set at P < 0.05.
2
BAS, basal diet; BMD, antibiotic diet; OE, diet containing 300 g of protected organic acids-essential oils blend/1,000 kg of feed; OEOH, diet containing 300 g of protected organic acids-essential oils blend/1,000 kg of feed +3% coarse oat hulls.