Tannins and Bacitracin Differentially Modulate Gut Microbiota of Broiler Chickens

Figure 1

Rarefaction curves of (a) number of OTUs and (b) Shannon’s index, obtained based on 16S rRNA gene V3-V4 sequences. OTUs were picked using the UCLUST method with 3% dissimilarity in QIIME. Each curve corresponds to a single pooled cecal sample.

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