Soluble Fiber and Insoluble Fiber Regulate Colonic Microbiota and Barrier Function in a Piglet Model

Table 4

Comparison of alpha diversity index in different groups¹.

Item^2	CON	IDF	SDF	MDF
Observed_species	629.17 ± 49.21^ab	619.33 ± 21.98^b	727.67 ± 45.12^a	620.5 ± 11.84^b
Shannon	6.55 ± 0.17	6.55 ± 0.18	6.68 ± 0.07	6.38 ± 0.13
Simpson	0.97 ± 0.00	0.97 ± 0.01	0.97 ± 0.01	0.97 ± 0.00
Chao^1	671.28 ± 52.31^b	667.92 ± 23.15^b	795.28 ± 61.11^a	664.10 ± 11.54^b
ACE	670.84 ± 53.12^b	664.54 ± 22.40^b	788.28 ± 53.55^a	667.43 ± 10.82^b
Goods_coverage	0.9983 ± 0.00	0.9983 ± 0.00	0.9975 ± 0.00	0.998 ± 0.00
PD_whole_tree	39.68 ± 2.77	37.25 ± 1.16	41.94 ± 1.84	39.94 ± 0.74

^a-bMeans within rows with different letters differ significantly . ¹Values are presented as means ± SE of six replicates per dietary treatment. ²CON, control; IDF, 1% insoluble fiber; SDF, 1% soluble fiber; MDF, 0.5% insoluble fiber +0.5% soluble fiber.