Table 3. α-Diversity Index Values Expressed as Log₂-Means ± Standard Error of the Mean at the Genus Level from the Fecal Microbiome of Wistar Rats (n = 6 Per Group) Fed Ad Libitum for 10 Weeks with a Control Base Diet and Either Drinking Water (control) or a 30% Fructose Water Solution (Fructose).

	taxa richness	individuals	dominance	Simpson index	Shannon index	evenness
fructose	62.83 ± 1.80	27 917.00 ± 14 179.10	0.19 ± 0.01	0.81 ± 0.01	3.31 ± 0.09	0.16 ± 0.01
control	58.83 ± 2.32	22 663.83 ± 1680.78	0.21 ± 0.02	0.79 ± 0.02	3.18 ± 0.16	0.16 ± 0.01
p-valuea	ns	*	ns	ns	ns	ns

^aSignificance level in the Student-t test with the effects of the diet (fructose and control). *p < 0.05 and ns: not significant.