Table 5.
The relative abundances (%) of bacterial phyla in the rumen of camels fed different forages.
| Phylum | FS | FH | Overall mean | SEM | p-value | ||
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| Bacteroidetes | 53.45 | 3.04 | 87.4 | 0.96 | 70.4 | 7.7 | <0.0001 |
| Cyanobacteria | 0.17 | 0.003 | 0.26 | 0.045 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 0.129 |
| Firmicutes | 38.87 | 3.5 | 8.28 | 0.28 | 23.6 | 7.02 | 0.001 |
| Fibrobacteres | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.48 | 0.15 | 0.6 | 0.13 | 0.439 |
| Planctomycetes | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 0.196 |
| Proteobacteria | 2.5 | 0.44 | 0.64 | 0.32 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.026 |
| Spirochaetes | 1.4 | 0.45 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.35 | 0.382 |
| Tenericutes | 2.2 | 0.16 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.32 | 0.007 |
| Verrucomicrobia | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ND |
| Kiritimatiellaeota | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ND |
| Lentisphaerae | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ND |
| Elusimicrobia | 0 | 0 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ND |
ND=Non-determined, SEM=Standard error of the mean, FS=barley straw, FH=Egyptian clover hay