Table 3 Comparison of the dominant phylum (average relative abundance ≥1% for at least one group) within the rumen.

From: Dietary energy and protein levels influenced the growth performance, ruminal morphology and fermentation and microbial diversity of lambs

Items

Groups

SEM

P-value

CON

PR

ER

BR

Bacteroidetes

26.10

17.09

38.54

30.92

6.27

0.2038

Fibrobacteres

0.43b

0.12b

1.25b

3.90a

0.72

0.0325

Firmicutes

43.37

20.05

24.48

20.44

7.11

0.1374

Proteobacteria

29.26

62.26

18.04

34.15

11.45

0.0973

  1. a,bValues in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).
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