Table 3.
Mean microbial relative abundance at baseline when the dogs were fed a commercial diet and after each three week experimental diet period
| Wheat (Diet W) | Rye/Wheat (Diet RW) | Rye (Diet R) | D1 | T2 | D:T | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | After | Baseline | After | Baseline | After | ||||
| Prevotella# | 9.6 ± 6.9 | 16.6 ± 11.0 | 23.1 ± 10.8 | 36.4 ± 7.4 | 9.9 ± 3.8 | 54.3 ± 8.5 | * | ** | * |
| Bacteroides | 10.9 ± 6.5 | 15.4 ± 7.2 | 9.7 ± 6.5 | 3.4 ± 0.8 | 10.2 ± 5.0 | 4.5 ± 2.9 | |||
| Fusobacterium# | 15.3 ± 10.0 | 9.7 ± 3.7 | 4.1 ± 3.3 | 5.3 ± 2.2 | 5.6 ± 2.6 | 2.7 ± 1.6 | |||
| Turicibacter | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 0.8 ± 0.6 | 24.5 ± 11.3 | 5.7 ± 2.7 | 4.4 ± 1.9 | 0.5 ± 0.3 | ** | ** | |
| Megamonas | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 1.5 ± 0.7 | 2.8 ± 1.3 | 6.5 ± 2.1 | 5.6 ± 2.3 | 7.5 ± 4.9 | |||
| Peptostreptococcaceae uncl | 4.2 ± 1.2 | 3.8 ± 1.9 | 2.9 ± 1.1 | 4.3 ± 1.6 | 5.9 ± 1.5 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | * | * | |
| Catenibacterium | 2.2 ± 0.8 | 2.5 ± 2.0 | 1.3 ± 0.4 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | 14.9 ± 9.6 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | * | ||
| Romboutsia# | 1.7 ± 0.7 | 3.0 ± 1.7 | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 4.3 ± 2.3 | 6.4 ± 2.6 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | * | ||
| Lachnospiraceae uncl | 4.2 ± 0.6 | 3.7 ± 2.2 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 0.8 ± 0.1 | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 2.1 ± 0.8 | * | * | |
| Clostridium sensu stricto 1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 8.4 ± 8.2 | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 2.8 ± 2.0 | 0.5 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 1.1 | *** | ||
| Clostridiales uncl | 3.1 ± 0.9 | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 1.8 ± 0.7 | 2.3 ± 0.8 | 2.9 ± 0.7 | 1.2 ± 0.3 | |||
| Bacteroidales uncl# | 1.8 ± 0.7 | 3.8 ± 1.3 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 2.5 ± 0.8 | 1.4 ± 0.3 | 2.6 ± 1.4 | |||
| Firmicutes uncl | 3.0 ± 1.3 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 3.1 ± 0.9 | 2.4 ± 0.8 | 2.4 ± 0.4 | 1.2 ± 0.5 | ** | ||
| Phascolarctobacterium | 5.2 ± 3.6 | 0.9 ± 0.4 | 2.3 ± 0.9 | 1.7 ± 1.3 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 1.3 ± 1.3 | * | * | |
| Fusobacteriaceae_ge# | 3.3 ± 1.1 | 2.8 ± 1.0 | 1.3 ± 0.7 | 1.9 ± 0.6 | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 1.0 ± 0.4 | |||
| Peptoclostridium# | 2.7 ± 0.6 | 0.7 ± 0.3 | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 2.8 ± 0.7 | 0.5 ± 0.1 | *** | ||
| Alloprevotella | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 2.9 ± 1.0 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | |||
| Prevotellaceae uncl | 0.7 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 1.0 ± 0.3 | 1.8 ± 0.6 | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.6 | * | ||
| Faecalibacterium | 3.5 ± 1.6 | 0.04 ± 0.0 | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 2.4 ± 0.9 | 0.4 ± 0.2 | *** | ||
| Clostridiaceae 1 uncl | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 2.6 ± 2.4 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 2.3 ± 1.3 | 0.6 ± 0.5 | 1.2 ± 0.6 | ** | ||
| Sutturella | 1.5 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.3 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 1.3 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | |||
| Anaerobiospirillum | 1.2 ± 0.6 | 1.3 ± 0.7 | 0.5 ± 0.2 | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 2.8 ± 2.1 | 0.03 ± 0.0 | * | ||
| Prevotella/Bacteroides ratio | 3.4 ± 2.1 | 2.9 ± 2.5 | 13.9 ± 7.0 | 13.0 ± 3.9 | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 67.4 ± 35.8 | |||
| Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio | 9.5 ± 5.0 | 80.4 ± 73.3 | 2.6 ± 1.2 | 1.5 ± 0.7 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 0.4 ± 0.1 | * | ||
Data shown for taxa with total mean relative abundance > 1%. Values in % ± SEM. 1,2Significant difference in diet (D) and/or time (T) and/or the interaction (D:T) in analysis of variance (ANOVA) at: *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.01, ***P ≤ 0.001. The time factor had two levels denoting if samples were collected before or after the diet period. #Non-logarithmic values were used in the model, (uncl = unclassified)