Items | Treatment | SEM | P - value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | UN | UNCO | |||
Protozoa | 10.6b | 11.0a | 10.4b | 0.42 | < 0.001 |
Fungi | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
Bacteria | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.6 | 0.10 | 0.36 |
Methanogens | 12.0b | 12.4a | 12.1b | 0.08 | < 0.001 |
Selected groups of bacteria | |||||
 Fibrobacter succinogenes | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
 Ruminococcus albus | 9.98b | 10.3a | 10.1ab | 0.13 | 0.047 |
 Ruminococcus flavefaciens | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 0.10 | 0.34 |
 Selenomonas ruminantium | 12.1b | 12.5a | 12.1b | 0.09 | < 0.001 |