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Table 3 Bacterial community diversity index of sorghum straw silage

From: Effects of cellulase or Lactobacillus plantarum on ensiling performance and bacterial community of sorghum straw

Item

FM

CK

LP

CEL

LPCEL

SEM

p-value

Ace

676 ± 97.14c

1103 ± 452b

1127 ± 440.44b

1410 ± 99.73a

1309 ± 162.44a

93.605

0.015

Chao1

647 ± 82.43c

1022 ± 402.3b

1099 ± 435.29b

1351 ± 93.9a

1244 ± 134.88a

73.749

< 0.001

Simpson

0.58 ± 0.18b

0.91 ± 0.03a

0.92 ± 0.06a

0.86 ± 0.07a

0.84 ± 0.12a

0.041

0.014

Shannon

2.25 ± 0.56c

6.13 ± 0.30a

6.13 ± 0.80a

5.63 ± 0.66b

5.35 ± 0.9b

0.416

< 0.001

Coverage

> 0.99

> 0.99

> 0.99

> 0.99

> 0.99

  
  1. CK control treatment, LP L. plantarum inoculated treatment, CEL cellulase inoculated treatment, LPCEL mixed additive treatment. The numbers; SEM, standard error of the mean. a, b, c indicating significant differences at p < 0.05 level