Fig. 6

The abundance of microbial genera affected by Salmonella Typhimurium in the presence of Bacillus based probiotic. For direct group comparisons, the level of significance (if any) has shown between the negative control (NC) and Salmonella challenged (SX), the continuous supplemented probiotic control (CPC) and continuously supplemented probiotic and Salmonella challenged (CPX) and the intermittent supplemented probiotic control (IPC) and intermittent supplemented probiotic and Salmonella challenged (IPX) groups. The number of asterisks shows the level of significance (Tukey’s P value). Abundance levels of aAcetanaerobacterium; bPediococcus; cAnaerostipes; dEggerthella; eBacteroides; fLactobacillus; gButyricimonas; hAnaerotruncus; iBarnesiella; jMegamonas; kParabacteroides; lParaprevotella; mParasutterella; nAlistipes; oPhascolarctobacterium and pSutterella between the treatment groups NC and SX, CPC and CPX and IPC and IPX