Sample for bead-based sequencing was set up according to an earlier report [27] and sequenced using Roche 454 GS FLX platform on GS FLX instruments from Roche (Roche, Nutley, NJ, USA) [28]. The heat map of 16S rRNA gene sequences on the 21st day and 42nd day was created using Genomics Viewer at http://www.broadinstitute.org/igv. The R packages stats were used to perform statistical analysis. Simpson index and Shannon index were used to analyze the community diversity among different groups [29].
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