Fig. 2.

Microbial community composition in different gut sections at week 8. a Relative abundance of the top ten most prevalent genera between Ctr and Phy in all of the sampled gut sections (Duo = duodenum, Col = colon, Cec = cecum, Fec = faeces) in week 8. The respective number of animals used for each section is as follows: Cec (Ctr, n = 12; Phy, n = 11), Duo (Ctr, n = 9; Phy, n = 9), Col (Ctr, n = 10; Phy, n = 11), and Fec (Ctr, n = 44; Phy, n = 40). b Species-level relative abundance based on metagenomic sequencing between Ctr and Phy group at week 8 in the cecal samples (Ctr, n = 12; Phy, n = 11)