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Table 12 Bacterial phylum in feces of gestating sows correlated by Pearson’s correlation to different fiber components

From: Inclusion of purified dietary fiber during gestation improved the reproductive performance of sows

Item 

CF

NDF

DF

SF

ISF

Gestation stage

Firmicutes

−0.095

− 0.010

− 0.017

− 0.069

− 0.009

− 0.691**

Bacteroidetes

0.034

0.033

0.031

0.036

0.031

0.681**

Euryarchaeota

0.006

−0.153

− 0.141

− 0.049

− 0.153

0.177

Proteobacteria

0.248*

0.139

0.153

0.221

0.141

0.450**

Spirochaetes

−0.190

− 0.266*

− 0.264*

− 0.226

− 0.267*

0.242*

Tenericutes

− 0.117

− 0.089

− 0.090

− 0.113

− 0.086

− 0.576**

Cyanobacteria

− 0.213

− 0.257*

− 0.253*

− 0.238*

− 0.254*

0.363**

Actinobacteria

0.186

0.152

0.157

0.182

0.153

0.458**

Acidobacteria

0.263*

0.154

0.167

0.236*

0.156

0.328**

Planctomycetes

0.025

−0.114

− 0.103

− 0.023

− 0.114

0.369**

Verrucomicrobia

0.207

0.297*

0.291*

0.250*

0.295*

0.227

Fibrobacteres

−0.034

0.083

0.071

0.006

0.081

0.448**

Saccharibacteria

0.028

0.030

0.034

0.031

0.032

−0.056

Chloroflexi

0.223

0.144

0.155

0.206

0.145

0.252*

Synergistetes

0.016

0.139

0.130

0.060

0.139

0.417**

Firmicutes/

Bacteroidetes

−0.021

−0.001

−0.003

− 0.015

0.000

− 0.698**

  1. * denotes P < 0.05 and ** denotes P < 0.01