Figure 3.
Effects of Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus niger co-cultivation fermentation extract on
starch disappearance in total mixed ration and corn silage at 7 h in vitro incubation. AOAN indi-
cates fermentation with Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus niger co-cultivation fermentation extract.
*, p < 0.05; **, 0.05 < p < 0.1; TMR, total mixed ration.
3.3. Fermentation Parameters
Figure
4
shows the effects of AOAN supplementation on fermentation parameters.
The pH values were decreased (Figure
4
A; p < 0.05), and NH
3
-N concentration in TMR was
decreased with AOAN (Figure
4
B; p < 0.05). The total VFAs were increased or tented to be
increased by AOAN (Figure
4
C). There were no differences in the molar proportions of
propionate and butyrate (Figure
4
E,F; p > 0.05). AOAN increased the molar proportion of
acetate, and the acetate to propionate ratio of oat hay and alfalfa hay (Figure
4
D,H; p < 0.05).
The molar proportion of total branched fatty acid including isobutyric and isovaleric was
not affected by treatment (Figure
4
G; p > 0.05).
3.4. Bacterial Community
3.4.1. Sequence Depth, Diversity, and Composition
After data filtering, a total of 2,263,946 reads from 32 samples were obtained with
a mean of 70,748 reads for individual samples. The Good’s coverage for each sample
was deemed sufficient, with values > 99.00% for all bacterial communities, implying
that the current sequencing depth was sufficient to be representative of the microbiota
(Supplemental Figure S2. The sample-based rarefaction curves in Supplemental Figure
S3 indicate that our sequencing depth was sufficient to accurately describe the bacterial
composition of all groups.
The α diversity based on OTU level is shown in Figure
5
as the CON group (all feeds
without AOAN supplementation) vs. AOAN group (all feeds with AOAN supplementa-
tion) (Figure
5
A–D) or individual feed vs. AOAN + individual feed (TMR, Figure
5
E–H;
corn silage, Figure
5
I–L; oat hay, Figure
5
M–P; alfalfa hay, Figure
5
Q–T). The OTU num-
ber, Chao1, and ACE of CON and oat hay were increased by AOAN supplementation
(p < 0.05). The OTU number and Shannon of TMR were increased by AOAN supplementa-
tion (p < 0.05). The α diversity of corn silage and alfalfa hay was not affected by treatment
(p > 0.05).
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