The community structure and microbial linkage of rumen protozoa and methanogens in response to the addition of tea seed saponins in the diet of beef cattle

Table 1 Effect of tea seed saponins (TSS) supplementation on OTU richness and alpha diversity of ciliate protozoa at 96% similarity

Treatment	BD	TSS	BDP	SEM	ANOVA_P
Observed OTUs	999^a	771^b	840^ab	37	0.354
Shannon-Wiener	3.04	3.32	2.98	0.08	0.173
Simpson’s	0.13	0.10	0.14	0.01	0.458
Chao 1	2,699^a	1,805^b	2,162^ab	125	0.005
Ace	4,223^a	2,599^b	3,186^ab	226	0.004
Good’s coverage, %	97.78	98.02	97.68	0.13	0.613

Within the same row, values with a different letter are significantly different (FDR-P < 0.05)
ANOVA_P values were the overall significant differences analyzed using one-way analysis of variance for the normally distributed data
BD Basal Diet, BDP Post-control period, SEM Standard error of the mean

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