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Table 4. OTUs number and Alpha diversity indices of microbial community for Napier grass silage.

Group	OTUs number	Observed species	Shannon	Simpson	Chao1	ACE	Goods-coverage
Control¹⁾	68	195^b	3.074^b	0.755^b	212^b	213^b	0.999
Group1	67	173^b	3.627^a	0.868^a	199^b	202^b	0.999
Group2	75	243^a	3.585^a	0.843^a	269^a	268^a	0.999
SEM	2.603	11.425	0.102	0.020	11.284	10.971	-
p-value	0.399	0.004	0.014	0.017	0.001	0.002	-

¹⁾

Control, no additives; Group 1, added cellulase; Group 2, added cellulase and starch.

^a,b

Means within a column with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).

OTUs, operational taxonomic units.