Preliminary Study on the Effect of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens TL on Cecal Bacterial Community Structure of Broiler Chickens
Table 2
Differences in the abundance of the eight bacterial genera among the control, antibiotic, and probiotic groups, as determined on day 7 (n = 4).
Taxa
Relative abundance
Genus
C
P
A
(Mean% ± SD)
(Mean% ± SD)
(Mean% ± SD)
Faecalibacterium
5.99 ± 0.026
7.57 ± 0.022
8.81 ± 0.034
Osicillospira
3.56 ± 0.002
4.11 ± 0.003
4.06 ± 0.003
Escherichia
1.03 ± 0.007
0.429 ± 0.002
1.82 ± 0.009
Butyricicoccus
2.48 ± 0.013
1.81 ± 0.004
1.52 ± 0.003
Clostridium
1.17 ± 0.003
1.26 ± 0.001
1.46 ± 0.004
Ruminococcus
1.60 ± 0.007
1.03 ± 0.001
1.23 ± 0.002
Ruminococcus
1.58 ± 0.002
1.59 ± 0.002
1.04 ± 0.002
Anaeroplasma
1.09 ± 0.004
0.85 ± 0.002
1.10 ± 0.001
None of the comparisons have significant difference on the same line based on the value. C = control group; A = chlortetracycline group; P = Bacillus amyloliquefaciens TL group.
