Figure 4
Bacterial composition of the turkey jejunum, ileum and ceca as indicated by genera that compose an average of >1% of the community in all gut locations. Other minor genera are not shown. All gut locations are dominated by genera from the phylum Firmicutes. Jejunal and ileal communities are dominated by Lactobacillus. This microbiota change, or maturation, through time was influenced but generally unimpeded by addition of BMD to the feed. There was a dramatic switch in the ileal community from being dominated by Lactobacillus at young ages to being dominated by Romboutsia after day 42. Specific statistical differences in genus composition are shown in Fig. S8. Panel upper labels indicate days after start of BMD diets. ctrl, no antibiotic control; sub, subtherapeutic BMD dose; ther, therapeutic BMD dose.
