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. 2023 Dec 5;23:384. doi: 10.1186/s12866-023-03091-6

Table 2.

Effect of glycerol supplementation and L. reuteri PTA5_F13 on the metabolic activity of chicken cecal microbiota during in vitro F2

Reactors Mean metabolite concentration (mM) ± SD Ratios of Total SCFAs (%)
Acetate Butyrate Propionate Succinate Valerate 1,3 – PDO Total BCFAs Total metabolites Acetate Butyrate Propionate
CR
 Pre-treatment 91.2 ± 0.9 28.8 ± 0.1 23.1 ± 1.0 7.1 ± 0.8 8.3 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.0 14.8 ± 0.2 174.1 ± 1.9 63.7 ± 0.7 20.1 ± 0.1 16.2 ± 0.7
 Treatment 95.9 ± 1.0 27.2 ± 0.6 21.9 ± 0.3 6.8 ± 0.2 7.1 ± 0.1 0.0 ± 0.0 14.9 ± 0.2 174.0 ± 1.3 66.1 ± 0.2 15.1 ± 0.2 18.8 ± 0.4
 Treatment – Pre treatment  + 4.7 - 1.6 - 2.1 - 0.3 - 1.2 -  + 0.1 - 0.1  + 2.4 - 5.0  + 2.6
P value 0.0036 0.0118 0.1220 0.6486 0.0002 0.7179 0.9254 0.0059 0.0041 0.0606
100G
 Pre-treatment 96.2 ± 2.6 39.8 ± 0.9 14.0 ± 0.7 4.2 ± 0.4 5.7 ± 0.9 0.0 ± 0.0 13.7 ± 0.2 174.0 ± 1.9 64.1 ± 0.8 26.5 ± 0.5 9.3 ± 0.6
 Treatment 61.4 ± 1.7 63.3 ± 0.7 14.7 ± 1.1 3.6 ± 0.2 4.8 ± 0.3 23.0 ± 1.2 12.1 ± 0.2 183.4 ± 1.8 44.0 ± 0.6 45.4 ± 0.9 10.6 ± 0.7
 Treatment – Pre treatment - 34.8  + 23.5  + 0.7 - 0.6 - 0.9  + 23.0 - 1.6  + 9.4 - 20.1  + 18.9  + 1.3
P value 0.000039 0.000004 0.3918 0.0602 0.1644 0.000006 0.0004 0.0036 0.000004 0.000006 0.0915
Lbr
 Pre-treatment 91.4 ± 1.5 32.9 ± 0.3 19.9 ± 0.5 5.9 ± 0.4 8.0 ± 0.2 0.0 ± 0.0 15.4 ± 0.3 173.6 ± 2.3 63.4 ± 0.3 22.8 ± 0.1 13.7 ± 0.3
 Treatment 92.4 ± 1.9 36.1 ± 1.2 17.0 ± 0.3 4.0 ± 0.3 6.9 ± 0.7 0.0 ± 0.0 15.0 ± 0.6 171.5 ± 2.7 63.5 ± 0.7 24.7 ± 0.6 11.6 ± 0.4
 Treatment – Pre treatment  + 1.0  + 3.2 - 2.9 - 1.9 - 1.1 - - 0.4 - 2.1  + 0.1  + 1.9 - 2.1
P value 0.3524 0.0121 0.0007 0.0017 0.0582 0.4322 0.7846 0.7857 0.0065 0.0019
Lbr-100G
 Pre-treatment 89.6 ± 2.1 30.3 ± 0.9 27.1 ± 0.6 4.3 ± 0.5 5.4 ± 1.9 0.0 ± 0.0 14.9 ± 0.3 171.7 ± 3.1 60.9 ± 0.9 20.6 ± 0.6 18.5 ± 0.5
 Treatment 74.0 ± 2.4 51.6 ± 0.2 22.8 ± 0.3 7.7 ± 0.6 10.4 ± 0.3 20.4 ± 0.3 13.2 ± 0.3 199.7 ± 3.1 49.9 ± 0.7 34.7 ± 0.6 15.4 ± 0.1
 Treatment – Pre treatment - 15.6  + 21.3 - 4.3  + 3.4  + 5  + 20.4 - 1.7  + 28.0 - 11.0  + 14.1 - 3.1
P value 0.0011 0.000003 0.0004 0.0017 0.0152  < 0.000001 0.0022 0.0003 0.000085 0.000007 0.0004

Data are means ± SD for the last 3 days of each treatment period. Delta corresponds the difference between treatment and pre-treatment. P value is calculated for the pairwise comparison of the last 3 days of treatment and pre-treatment periods within a reactor by unpaired t-test. CR, Control reactor; 100G, 100 mM glycerol; Lbr, L. reuteri PTA5_F13; Lbr-100G, L. reuteri PTA5_F13 and 100 mM glycerol