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Fig. 3 | Microbiome

Fig. 3

From: Dietary energy drives the dynamic response of bovine rumen viral communities

Fig. 3

Alpha diversity comparisons of rumen bacterial OTUs and viral populations across diets. Species richness (Chao1 index) and diversity (Shannon’s diversity index) were found to significantly differ by diet in bacterial (a) and viral (b) communities (P < 0.05, three-way ANOVA considering the effects of diet, period, and steer). The combinations of diets that differed in richness and diversity in the bacterial and viral datasets were unique (P < 0.05, post-hoc pairwise t tests). No differences were observed in bacterial or viral alpha diversity metrics based on host animal or period. Letters denote differences in richness and diversity observed when comparing the alpha diversity metrics using pairwise comparisons of diets. 27CDS—27% condensed distillers solubles; 40MDGS—40% modified distillers grains plus solubles; 55CS—55% corn silage

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