Extended Data Fig. 5. Growth and cross-feeding of parental F. prausnitzii DSM 32186 or oxygen tolerant DSM 32379 with D. piger DSM 32187.
a, Colony forming units of parental F. prausnitzii DSM 32186 and oxygen tolerant DSM 32379 in mono-culture or co-culture with D. piger DSM 32187 in modified Postgate’s medium (i.e., Postgate’s medium containing 25 mM of glucose; mPGM) after 24 h of growth. p = 0.00000073 (DSM 32186), p = 0.00000022 (DSM 32379). b, Metabolite profiles of F. prausnitzii DSM 32379 and D. piger DSM 32187 as mono-cultures or co-culture in mPGM after 24 h of growth. Glucose: p = 0.0000008 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. D. piger), p = 0.0000012 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. F. prausnitzii); lactate: p = 0.0000000001 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. D. piger), p = 0.0000000013 (F. prausnitzii vs. D. piger), p = 0.00018 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. F. prausnitzii); acetate: p = 0.000005 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. D. piger), p = 0.0000015 (F. prausnitzii vs. D. piger), p = 0.012 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. F. prausnitzii); butyrate: p = 0.0000007 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. D. piger), p = 0.0000007 (F. prausnitzii + D. piger vs. F. prausnitzii); mM change on the y-axis indicates difference from inoculated medium at baseline. n = 3 independent experiments. ***p < 0.001, *p < 0.05 as determined by two-tailed t-test (a) or one-way ANOVA (b) Data are presented as mean ± s.e.m.