Table 2.
Alpha diversity metrics with their estimated marginal means and their 95% confidence interval for each treatment group.
| Groups 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT | WD | DSS | WD + DSS | |
| Proximal | ||||
| Chao1 | 533 (426–665)b | 500 (399–625)ab | 460 (360–588)ab | 367 (296–462)a |
| Shannon | 5.30 (5.0–5.66)b | 5.20 (4.92–5.57)b | 5.0 (4.63–5.30)ab | 4.80 (4.05–5.09)a |
| Faith PD | 35.4 (30.0–42.0)b | 35.5 (30.0–42.0)b | 29.4 (24.0–35.0)ab | 27.4 (23.0–32.0)a |
| Distal | ||||
| Chao1 | 535 (428–668)b | 555 (443–695)b | 397 (311–508)a | 397 (315–501)a |
| Shannon | 5.30 (4.94–5.59)b | 5.30 (4.96–5.63)b | 4.80 (4.46–5.12)a | 4.90 (4.59–5.21)ab |
| Faith PD | 36.4 (31.0–43.0)b | 38.6 (32.0–46.0)b | 26.9 (22.0–32.0)a | 28.5 (24.0–34.0)a |
| Feces | ||||
| Chao1 | 488 (387–615) | 534 (426–668) | 391 (301–506) | 434 (347–542) |
| Shannon | 5.20 (4.90–5.57) | 5.30 (4.95–5.62) | 5.0 (4.64–5.35) | 5.0 (4.71–5.33) |
| Faith PD | 34.3 (29–41)ab | 37.9 (32–45)b | 27.7 (23–34)a | 30.6 (26–36)ab |
1Treatment groups: control (CT; n = 17), WD (CT + ground beef; n = 18), CT + dextran sulfate sodium (DSS; n = 14), WD + dextran sulfate sodium (WD + DSS; n = 17). Pairwise comparison for differences in EMMS between groups was adjusted with BH and EMMs are superscripted with different letters at p < 0.05.