Table 5.
Fecal bacterial phyla and genera (relative abundance, %) of cats during overfeeding and weight gain
| Phyla | Genus | Week 0 | Week 6 | Week 12 | Week 18 | SEM1 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinobacteriota | 18.09 | 17.18 | 16.45 | 18.28 | 0.1715 | 0.6631 | |
| Bifidobacterium | 4.89b | 3.56b | 7.92ab | 10.69a | 1.3982 | 0.0009 | |
| Collinsella | 12.45a | 12.88a | 7.91b | 6.88b | 0.9528 | 0.0002 | |
| Libanicoccus | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.0466 | 0.9899 | |
| Olsenella | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.0352 | 0.3955 | |
| Parvibacter | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.0383 | 0.0809 | |
| Slackia | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.0328 | 0.0748 | |
| Bacteroidota | 7.60 | 4.83 | 3.54 | 3.75 | 0.0138 | 0.6394 | |
| Bacteroides | 4.70 | 2.84 | 1.49 | 1.70 | 0.9308 | 0.1332 | |
| Parabacteroides | 0.55 | 0.38 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.1979 | 0.5527 | |
| Prevotella | 2.32 | 1.59 | 1.52 | 1.50 | 0.9824 | 0.6059 | |
| Campilobacterota | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.1539 | 0.2709 | |
| Campylobacter | 0.19 | 0.44 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.1543 | 0.4392 | |
| Firmicutes | 72.67 | 76.16 | 79.20 | 76.97 | 0.0236 | 0.3546 | |
| Acidaminococus | 0.09 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.0876 | 0.1750 | |
| Allisonella | 0.33 | 0.44 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.0756 | 0.4068 | |
| Anaerostipes | 0.43a | 0.23ab | 0.13b | 0.11b | 0.0675 | 0.0101 | |
| Blautia | 10.81a | 7.90b | 5.72b | 5.64b | 0.6932 | 0.0024 | |
| Butyricicoccus | 0.48 | 0.91 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.1204 | 0.0601 | |
| Catenibacterium | 4.00 | 4.76 | 4.77 | 4.03 | 1.2357 | 0.9842 | |
| Clostridia UCG-014 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.0532 | 0.2330 | |
| Clostridium Sensu Stricto 1 | 1.54 | 1.50 | 1.93 | 2.80 | 0.4873 | 0.1435 | |
| Colidextribacter | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.0241 | 0.7895 | |
| Dialister | 1.24 | 1.42 | 0.62 | 0.91 | 0.6826 | 0.4126 | |
| Enterococcus | 0.34 | 0.52 | 0.15 | 0.28 | 0.1347 | 0.2577 | |
| Erysipelatoclostridium | 0.38a | 0.23ab | 0.15b | 0.12b | 0.0535 | 0.0057 | |
| Eubacterium hallii group | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.0337 | 0.2414 | |
| Faecalibacterium | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.31 | 0.62 | 0.1252 | 0.0786 | |
| Faecalicoccus | 0.07a | 0.02b | 0.00b | 0.01b | 0.0136 | 0.0092 | |
| Flavonifractor | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.0195 | 0.0950 | |
| Holdemanella | 6.66ab | 7.04a | 5.16a | 3.52ac | 1.1938 | 0.0282 | |
| Incertae Sedis | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.0179 | 0.2396 | |
| Lachnoclostridium | 2.30a | 1.90ab | 1.45bc | 1.29c | 0.1760 | <0.0001 | |
| Lachnospiraceae NK4A136 group | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.0202 | 0.0926 | |
| Lachnospiraceae unclassified | 2.04a | 1.83ab | 1.21b | 1.30b | 0.1899 | 0.0053 | |
| Lachnospiraceae uncultured | 0.80a | 0.64ab | 0.41b | 0.44b | 0.0787 | 0.0064 | |
| Lactobacillus | 25.04b | 32.50a | 44.46a | 39.11a | 4.6045 | 0.0424 | |
| Megamonas | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.35 | 0.2103 | 0.9082 | |
| Megasphaera | 0.71 | 1.12 | 1.02 | 2.55 | 0.4316 | 0.0808 | |
| Negativibacillus | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.0572 | 0.1708 | |
| Oscillospiraceae uncultured | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.0532 | 0.3693 | |
| Peptoclostridium | 2.37 | 1.76 | 3.44 | 3.04 | 0.6385 | 0.4704 | |
| Peptococcus | 0.89 | 1.14 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.2358 | 0.2049 | |
| Peptostreptococcus | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.0592 | 0.4251 | |
| Phascolarctobacterium | 0.12 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.0633 | 0.3354 | |
| Romboutsia | 0.51 | 0.87 | 0.12 | 0.53 | 0.2758 | 0.2939 | |
| Roseburia | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.0448 | 0.6526 | |
| Ruminococcus gauvreauii group | 1.06 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.1020 | 0.0567 | |
| Ruminococcus gnavus group | 1.65a | 1.59b | 1.09d | 0.95c | 0.2632 | 0.0194 | |
| Ruminococcus torques group | 0.88a | 0.81a | 0.45a | 0.49b | 0.1317 | 0.0227 | |
| Sellimonas | 1.60a | 1.29ab | 0.88b | 0.81b | 0.1817 | 0.0086 | |
| Streptococcus | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.30 | 0.66 | 0.3087 | 0.4458 | |
| Subdoligranulum | 3.41 | 2.04 | 0.96 | 1.86 | 0.7086 | 0.0894 | |
| Turicibacter | 0.19a | 0.24b | 0.01d | 0.13c | 0.0956 | 0.0363 | |
| Tyzzerella | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.0759 | 0.6603 | |
| Fusobacteriota | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.0225 | 0.4449 | |
| Fusobacterium | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.0225 | 0.4448 | |
| Proteobacteria | 1.38a | 1.30ab | 0.65b | 0.80ab | 0.2465 | 0.0211 | |
| Escherichia-Shigella | 0.65a | 0.33ab | 0.07b | 0.32b | 0.1786 | 0.0030 | |
| Succinivibrio | 0.35 | 0.61 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.1547 | 0.0643 | |
| Sutterella | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.1179 | 0.9262 | |
1SEM, pooled standard error of the means.
a–dMean values within the same row with unlike superscript letters differ (P < 0.05).