Table 4.
Effects of dietary AOE on genus-level relative abundances of the cecal microbiota in ducks (%).
| Genus* | CK | Y1 | Y2 | Y3 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g_Bacteroides | 16.29 | 19.01 | 19.00 | 19.61 | 0.83 |
| g_Desulfovibrio | 15.16 | 11.15 | 15.96 | 14.93 | 0.68 |
| g_Fusobacterium | 5.81 | 5.77 | 9.22 | 7.33 | 0.26 |
| g_Intestinimonas | 2.99 | 4.22 | 3.59 | 4.36 | 0.52 |
| g_Megamonas | 1.92 | 3.42 | 3.57 | 3.56 | 0.72 |
| g_Alistipes | 2.65 | 2.27 | 2.61 | 2.98 | 0.60 |
| g_Lachnospiraceae_unclassified | 3.70 | 2.39 | 1.55 | 2.55 | 0.46 |
| g_Clostridiales_vadinBB60_group_unclassified | 2.98 | 2.30 | 3.20 | 1.95 | 0.75 |
| g_Ruminiclostridium_9 | 2.23 | 2.72 | 2.13 | 1.59 | 0.19 |
| g_unclassified | 3.41 | 1.62 | 2.49 | 1.10 | 0.24 |
| g_Ruminococcus_2 | 1.65 | 2.71 | 2.27 | 1.04 | 0.64 |
| g_Bacteroidales_unclassified | 1.01ab | 1.55ab | 0.43b | 2.58a | 0.03 |
| g_Porphyromonadaceae_unclassified | 1.61 | 1.10 | 1.46 | 1.34 | 0.18 |
| g_Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group | 1.51 | 1.38 | 0.61 | 1.54 | 0.25 |
| g_Oscillospira | 1.57 | 1.30 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 0.23 |
| g_Gorbachella | 1.31 | 1.30 | 1.62 | 0.93 | 0.22 |
| g_Firmicutes_unclassified | 1.07 | 1.41 | 0.84 | 1.13 | 0.43 |
| g_Subdoligranulum | 0.98 | 1.21 | 1.15 | 1.12 | 0.68 |
| g_Parabacteroides | 1.33 | 0.94 | 0.57 | 1.24 | 0.22 |
| g_Ruminococcaceae_unclassified | 1.02b | 1.63a | 0.55b | 0.89b | 0.01 |
| g_Ruminococcaceae_UCG-014 | 0.97 | 1.31 | 0.65 | 1.06 | 0.64 |
| g_Prevotellaceae_Ga6A1_group | 0.62 | 0.96 | 1.34 | 1.21 | 0.41 |
*
Genus with proportion under 1.00% are not listed. The relative species abundances of gut microbial communities were analyzed using the Kruskal–Wallis test, n = 9.
a,b,c
In the same row, values with different letters mean significant difference (P < 0.05).