Effects of bacteriocin-producing Lactiplantibacillus plantarum on bacterial community and fermentation profile of whole-plant corn silage and its in vitro ruminal fermentation, microbiota, and CH4 emissions

Table 2 The variations of bacterial community alpha-diversity (Shannon index) of whole-plant corn silage

Treatments¹	Ensiling periods					SEM²	Effects³
Treatments¹	3 d	7 d	14 d	60 d	90 d	SEM²	T	D	T × D
Control	3.89	4.62^a	4.34^a	4.23^a	3.48^a	0.021	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
MTD/1	4.16	4.36^ab	3.93^b	2.60^c	2.30^b
ATCC14917	4.33	4.23^b	4.38^a	3.77^b	1.86^c
CICC24194	4.24	4.46^ab	4.00^b	3.70^b	2.60^b
Means	4.15	4.42	4.16	3.53	2.56

¹Control, distilled water; MTD/1, MTD/1 treatment; ATCC14917, ATCC14917 treatment; CICC24194, CICC24194 treatment
²SEM Standard error of the means
³T, the effect of treatments; D, the effect of ensiling periods; T × D, the interaction of treatments and ensiling periods
^a–cMeans within the same row with different superscript letters differ (P < 0.05)

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