Table 3 The bacterial and fungal alpha diversity of barely silage upon aerobic exposure.

From: Impact of molasses and microbial inoculants on fermentation quality, aerobic stability, and bacterial and fungal microbiomes of barley silage

 

Aerobic exposure days 

Treatments

Reads

OTUs

Shannon

Chao1

ACE

Coverage

PD2

Bacteria alpha diversity

Day 0

CK1

80985

90

1.918

98.600

101.629

1

9.079

M

84447

76

2.190

95.610

93.211

1

6.667

ML

80151

79

1.730

94.034

102.190

1

8.470

Day 2

CK

83975

125

1.868

132.769

135.338

1

12.996

M

80105

115

2.268

123.638

125.447

1

12.112

ML

80148

74

1.446

90.503

95.080

1

7.036

Day 5

CK

80234

106

2.927

114.310

117.325

1

12.392

M

74289

143

2.928

151.942

157.347

1

14.543

ML

80155

86

1.405

96.230

102.869

1

8.317

Day 7

CK

84292

122

3.333

131.486

133.923

1

10.253

M

77902

135

3.132

147.440

152.078

1

12.999

ML

80095

119

1.518

133.612

138.871

1

13.361

Fungal alpha diversity

Day 0

CK

80235

379

4.077

438.041

440.218

0.998

23.048

M

80210

425

4.356

463.494

470.875

0.998

31.927

ML

80148

862

5.734

913.125

910.776

0.999

213.372

Day 2

CK

80136

430

4.494

490.830

488.870

0.998

37.996

M

80277

407

4.162

439.780

444.989

0.999

42.967

ML

80150

666

5.092

764.486

797.796

0.998

189.794

Day 5

CK

80238

319

3.997

354.980

346.732

0.999

16.503

M

80327

412

4.135

428.787

430.988

0.999

18.565

ML

80165

573

4.901

604.113

652.948

0.998

92.968

Day 7

CK

80191

322

3.599

352.733

344.424

0.999

16.177

M

80171

415

3.591

420.220

435.267

0.999

22.313

ML

80201

461

4.283

498.437

508.309

0.999

45.203

  1. 1CK, control; M, molasses; ML, molasses and microbial inoculants.
  2. 2PD, PD_whole_tree.