. 2022 Nov 19;102(2):102353. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102353

Table 8.

Relative abundance of dietary ME and CP levels at the phylum level of the gut microbiota (%).

ME, MJ/kg	CP, %	Bacteroidetes	Firmicutes	Proteobacteria	Fusobacteria	Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes
11.31	14.0	69.18	11.85^b	6.08^b	9.17	0.166^b
11.31	15.0	69.04	10.59^b	7.15^ab	9.05	0.150^b
11.31	16.0	70.33	11.55^b	14.90^a	1.49	0.173^b
11.51	14.0	60.10	31.42^a	4.01^b	1.12	1.029^a
11.51	15.0	71.77	12.03^b	6.10^b	1.99	0.178^b
11.51	16.0	73.35	12.45^b	10.30^ab	0.76	0.177^b
11.71	14.0	79.25	11.01^b	5.66^b	1.16	0.142^b
11.71	15.0	61.86	26.81^ab	5.12^b	2.52	0.543^ab
11.71	16.0	56.05	19.74^ab	12.83^ab	2.28	0.362^ab

SEM		2.41	1.93	0.921	1.23	0.095

ME	11.31	69.52	11.33	9.38	6.57	0.163
	11.51	68.41	18.63	6.80	1.29	0.461
	11.71	65.72	19.18	7.87	1.99	0.349
	P-value	0.809	0.199	0.521	0.177	0.454

CP	14.0	69.51	18.09	5.25^b	3.82	0.446
	15.0	67.56	16.47	6.12^b	4.52	0.29
	16.0	66.58	14.58	12.68^a	1.51	0.237
	P-value	0.884	0.758	0.005	0.578	0.653
ME × CP	P-value	0.149	0.046	0.952	0.769	0.213

Data in the same column without letters or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P>0.05), different letter superscripts mean significant difference (P<0.01 as highly significant, P<0.05 as significant).