Table 3.

PERMANOVA of feces communities at OTU level for the two dietary treatments: C=control; I=initial feces (Day 2); T = terminal feces (Day 9). For each comparison the degrees of freedom (df), t value (t), p values [P(perm)], the possible number of unique permutations, and significance level of Monte Carlo tests [P(MC)] are provided. Statistical significance of P(perm) indicated as follows: * ** p < 0.001, * * p < 0.01, and * p < 0.05.

Treatment type	Treatment comparison	df	t	P (perm)	Unique permutations	P (MC)
PbOAc	I x I-C	12	1.08	0.138	364	0.309
	I x T	21	3.87	< 0.001 * **	9880	< 0.001
	I x T-C	12	2.77	0.003 * *	364	< 0.001
	T x I-C	13	2.73	0.002 * *	454	< 0.001
	T x T-C	13	1.047	0.274	455	0.359
SRM 2710a	I x I-C	10	1.01	0.416	220	0.429
	I x T	16	3.79	< 0.001 * **	8160	< 0.001
	I x T-C	10	2.96	0.005 * *	220	< 0.001
	T x I-C	10	2.86	0.005 * *	220	< 0.001
	T x T-C	10	1.04	0.268	220	0.380
	T-PbOAc x T-SRM 2710a	19	1.36	0.009 * *	9701	0.044
	I-C x T-C	12	2.61	0.098	10	0.010