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However, compared to the CF group, the PSF group showed a reduction in microbial taxa at various taxonomic levels, with a significant decrease observed at the phylum level (p<0.05) and a highly significant decrease observed at the class level (p<0.01) ( Table 4 ).

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Alpha diversity analysis ( Table 6 ) showed a decreasing trend for Chao-1, ACE, Shannon, and Simpson indices under PS exposure; however, these changes were not statistically significant (P>0.1).

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