Effect of ensiled mulberry leaves and sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace on the fecal bacterial community composition in finishing steers

Table 2 Effect of EML and SMFP diet on changes in phyla (as a percentage of the total number of sequences) in the fecal bacterial community

Phylum	Experimental diet^a			SEM^b	p value
Phylum	CON	EML	SMFP	SEM^b	p value
Firmicutes	56.79	58.06	55.18	1.39	0.28
Bacteroidetes	35.09	35.34	37.28	1.6	0.63
Proteobacteria	2.16	1.62	1.83	0.28	0.46
Verrucomicrobia	1.99	1.47	1.94	0.18	0.17
Tenericutes	1.27	1.41	1.42	0.15	0.75
Lentisphaerae	0.63	0.32	0.32	0.18	0.41
Others	2.06	1.78	2.03	0.18	0.59
Firmicutes:Bacteroidetes	1.61	1.64	1.48	0.12	0.54

^a CON Control (n = 4), EML Ensiled mulberry leaves (n = 4), SMFP Sun-dried mulberry fruit pomace (n = 4)
^b SEM Standard error of the mean
Different letters in the same row indicate a significant difference between values within the row (p < 0.05)

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