Microorganisms Diet without DF Diet with 200 g kg-1  DF Total aerobic bacteria 41.22 x 105 ± (2.47) 1.85 x 103 ± (1.71) Fluorescent pseudomonads 21.87 x 103 ± (2.02) 18.45 x 101 ± (1.87) Gram-negative bacteria 53.67 x 104 ± (2.68) 22.87 x 102 ± (1.14) Filamentous fungi and yeasts 12.98 x 103 ± (1.08) 9.54 x 101 ± (2.57) Microbial activity 71.12 ± (2.81) 19.76 ± (1.91)

Table 5: Enumeration of microbial populations (colony forming units. g-1 dry sample) and estimation of the total microbial activity (Bg hydrolyzed FDA. g-1 dry sample) of sample amended with or without DF. Values are means of nine replicates and the values in parentheses are the standard error of the mean.

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