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Table 3 Bacterial alpha diversity of reed canary grass silage

From: Effect of phenyllactic acid on silage fermentation and bacterial community of reed canary grass on the Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Treatment	Observed OTUs	Chao 1	Simpson	PD whole tree	Goods coverage
CK	39^a	58.33^a	0.51^a	3.37^a	0.996^b
PSB	33^a	46.18^ab	0.61^a	2.79^a	0,997^ab
PLA	26^b	28.98^bc	0.24^b	2.04^ab	0.998^ab
LABi	15^b	18.72^c	0.23^b	1.21^b	0.999^a
PLA + LABi	37^a	44.48^ab	0.71^a	3.04^a	0.997^ab
SEM	4.640	6.853	0.101	0.381	0.001

Silage treated without (CK) or with antimicrobial additive (PSB), phenyllactic acid (PLA), lactic acid inoculant (LABi) and PLA + LABi. SEM stands for mean standard error. Values with different letters in the same rows are significantly different (P < 0.05)

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