Table 5 Alpha diversity of gut microbiota per treatment group on d 14 and 23 in study 2

Observed species

mean (± sd)

2_LLL + 2_LHL

736 (± 466)

431 (± 230)

LLL

660 (± 352)

694 (± 451)

2_HLL + 2_HHL

689 (± 169)

533 (± 96)

HLL

840 (± 237)

335 (± 120)

LHL

559 (± 241)

358 (± 119)

HHL

666 (± 332)

448 (± 129)

P^a

0.96

0.49

P^b

0.41

0.11

Shannon

mean (± sd)

2_LLL + 2_LHL

3.30 (± 1.01)

3.01 (± 0.25)

LLL

3.21 (± 1.04)

3.53 (± 0.91)

2_HLL + 2_HHL

3.76 (± 0.68)

3.59 (± 0.28)

HLL

3.46 (± 0.86)

3.11 (± 0.66)

LHL

3.26 (± 0.79)

3.17 (± 0.57)

HHL

3.48 (± 1.07)

3.45 (± 0.47)

P^a

0.33

0.003

P^b

0.97

0.31

Pielou's evenness

mean (± sd)

2_LLL + 2_LHL

0.51 (± 0.10)

0.51 (± 0.05)

LLL

0.50 (± 0.13)

0.55 (± 0.10)

2_HLL + 2_HHL

0.58 (± 0.09)

0.57 (± 0.04)

HLL

0.51 (± 0.11)

0.54 (± 0.09)

LHL

0.52 (± 0.09)

0.54 (± 0.07)

HHL

0.54 (± 0.12)

0.57 (± 0.06)

P^a

0.33

0.02

P^b

0.98

0.80